mtg arcades the strategist commander deck Arcades, Each creature you control with defender assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power and can attack as though it didnt have defender. Arcades, the Strategist Commander Deck

Worst case, Verdurous Gearhulk is only an 8/8 trampler for 5cmc, which is sufficient to dominate most board situations

Either way, I think we can all agree on one thing: Seeing rare cards in person is still awe-inspiring

These styles tend to give the sense of a dark autumnal setting, which I find makes white, red, and green cards warm and inviting while it makes blue and black cards a lot more harrowing and darker

I then built the deck in an 8 x 8 pattern with eight slots of eight cards each

And the best place to start is the area we ignored in the prior sections: the lands

Crux of Fate does a great Plague Wind impression in this deck