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Arcades, the Strategist{W}{U}{G}

by Alextialism3 100 cards ≈ $129.11 0 Updated
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Decklist · 100 cards · 100 unique

Commander 1

Creatures 43

Instants 9

Sorceries 13

Artifacts 16

Enchantments 2

Lands 16

Strategy notes

Bulky is a Bant (green/white/blue) Commander deck that plays like a defender/artifact ramp midrange deck with an Eldrazi top end.

Its main plan is to develop mana quickly with walls, mana rocks, and land ramp, then turn defensive creatures into real threats using Arcades, the Strategist, High Alert, and Assault Formation. Cards like Overgrown Battlement, Axebane Guardian, and the many cheap walls both stall the board and accelerate into bigger plays.

A secondary synergy package uses artifacts and +1/+1 counters/modular with cards like Steel Overseer and the various Arcbound creatures, while value pieces like The Sixth Doctor, Panharmonicon, and blink effects help reuse ETB creatures such as Wall of Omens, Coiling Oracle, Wood Elves, and Meteor Golem.

The deck usually wins by either:

  • swinging with high-toughness defenders that can attack,
  • going tall/wide with artifact creatures and counters, or
  • ramping into huge colorless finishers

Written by the Kraken's AI from this decklist.