Average Deck for Arcades, the Strategist - Lifegain

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Average Decklist

Axebane Guardian
Axebane Guardian
Bedrock Tortoise
Bedrock Tortoise
Corrupted Shapeshifter
Corrupted Shapeshifter
Crashing Drawbridge
Crashing Drawbridge
Crystal Barricade
Crystal Barricade
Drift of Phantasms
Drift of Phantasms
Flumph
Flumph
Fog Bank
Fog Bank
Fortified Rampart
Fortified Rampart
Hover Barrier
Hover Barrier
Jeskai Barricade
Jeskai Barricade
Overgrown Battlement
Overgrown Battlement
Perimeter Captain
Perimeter Captain
Rampart Architect
Rampart Architect
Riptide Turtle
Riptide Turtle
Shield-Wall Sentinel
Shield-Wall Sentinel
Stalwart Shield-Bearers
Stalwart Shield-Bearers
Sunscape Familiar
Sunscape Familiar
Suspicious Bookcase
Suspicious Bookcase
Sylvan Caryatid
Sylvan Caryatid
Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
The Pride of Hull Clade
The Pride of Hull Clade
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
Tree of Redemption
Tree of Redemption
Walking Bulwark
Walking Bulwark
Wall of Blossoms
Wall of Blossoms
Wall of Denial
Wall of Denial
Wall of Frost
Wall of Frost
Wall of Glare
Wall of Glare
Wall of Omens
Wall of Omens
Wall of Tanglecord
Wall of Tanglecord
Weathered Sentinels
Weathered Sentinels
Instants (8)
Bar the Door
Bar the Door
Counterspell
Counterspell
Flawless Maneuver
Flawless Maneuver
Heroic Intervention
Heroic Intervention
Negate
Negate
Path to Exile
Path to Exile
Swords to Plowshares
Swords to Plowshares
Tower Defense
Tower Defense
Sorceries (6)
Cultivate
Cultivate
Dusk // Dawn
Dusk // Dawn
Expel the Interlopers
Expel the Interlopers
Last March of the Ents
Last March of the Ents
Rampant Growth
Rampant Growth
Slaughter the Strong
Slaughter the Strong
Artifacts (7)
Arcane Signet
Arcane Signet
Lightning Greaves
Lightning Greaves
Meekstone
Meekstone
Rammas Echor, Ancient Shield
Rammas Echor, Ancient Shield
Sol Ring
Sol Ring
Swiftfoot Boots
Swiftfoot Boots
Thought Vessel
Thought Vessel
Enchantments (10)
Angelic Chorus
Angelic Chorus
Assault Formation
Assault Formation
Brave the Sands
Brave the Sands
High Alert
High Alert
Primal Rage
Primal Rage
Propaganda
Propaganda
Smile at Death
Smile at Death
Stoneskin
Stoneskin
Teferi's Ageless Insight
Teferi's Ageless Insight
Unnatural Growth
Unnatural Growth
Planeswalkers (1)
Huatli, the Sun's Heart
Huatli, the Sun's Heart
Lands (18)
Access Tunnel
Access Tunnel
Canopy Vista
Canopy Vista
Command Tower
Command Tower
Deserted Beach
Deserted Beach
Dreamroot Cascade
Dreamroot Cascade
Evolving Wilds
Evolving Wilds
Exotic Orchard
Exotic Orchard
Glacial Fortress
Glacial Fortress
Hallowed Fountain
Hallowed Fountain
Hinterland Harbor
Hinterland Harbor
Overgrown Farmland
Overgrown Farmland
Prairie Stream
Prairie Stream
Rejuvenating Springs
Rejuvenating Springs
Reliquary Tower
Reliquary Tower
Sea of Clouds
Sea of Clouds
Seaside Citadel
Seaside Citadel
Spara's Headquarters
Spara's Headquarters
Sunpetal Grove
Sunpetal Grove
Basics (3)
Forest
5 Forests
Island
5 Islands
Plains
7 Plains