Average Deck for Arcades, the Strategist - Budget Stompy

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Julia Maddalena
Mar 6, 2026
Fire and Ice: Which Cards Are Hot and Cold for Arcades, the Strategist?
This week on Fire and Ice, we'll see which cards are getting chucked over the wall. What's hot and what's not for Arcades, the Strategist?
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Steve Heisler
Jan 29, 2026
Age Is Just a Toughness With Doran, Besieged by Time in Commander
Doran may be besieged by time, but he's still hangin' tough like a new kid. Come see this big booty brew for his Commander deck.
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Archidekt
Commander Spellbook
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Scryfall
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Average Decklist

Axebane Guardian
Axebane Guardian
Canopy Gargantuan
Canopy Gargantuan
Corrupted Shapeshifter
Corrupted Shapeshifter
Crashing Drawbridge
Crashing Drawbridge
Craterhoof Behemoth
Craterhoof Behemoth
Crystal Barricade
Crystal Barricade
Dragon's Eye Sentry
Dragon's Eye Sentry
Drift of Phantasms
Drift of Phantasms
Faithbound Judge
Faithbound Judge
Floriferous Vinewall
Floriferous Vinewall
Flumph
Flumph
Hornet Nest
Hornet Nest
Jaddi Offshoot
Jaddi Offshoot
Overgrown Battlement
Overgrown Battlement
Perimeter Captain
Perimeter Captain
Rampart Architect
Rampart Architect
Rune-Sealed Wall
Rune-Sealed Wall
Secret Door
Secret Door
Shalai, Voice of Plenty
Shalai, Voice of Plenty
Shield-Wall Sentinel
Shield-Wall Sentinel
Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa
Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa
Steel Wall
Steel Wall
Sunscape Familiar
Sunscape Familiar
Suspicious Bookcase
Suspicious Bookcase
Sylvan Caryatid
Sylvan Caryatid
Towering Titan
Towering Titan
Tree of Redemption
Tree of Redemption
Wakestone Gargoyle
Wakestone Gargoyle
Walking Bulwark
Walking Bulwark
Wall of Blossoms
Wall of Blossoms
Wall of Denial
Wall of Denial
Wall of Frost
Wall of Frost
Wall of Junk
Wall of Junk
Wall of Omens
Wall of Omens
Wall of Roots
Wall of Roots
Wall of Runes
Wall of Runes
Wall of Tanglecord
Wall of Tanglecord
Weathered Sentinels
Weathered Sentinels
Instants (7)
Counterspell
Counterspell
Negate
Negate
Path to Exile
Path to Exile
Snakeskin Veil
Snakeskin Veil
Spell Pierce
Spell Pierce
Swords to Plowshares
Swords to Plowshares
Tower Defense
Tower Defense
Sorceries (8)
Austere Command
Austere Command
Expel the Interlopers
Expel the Interlopers
Fell the Mighty
Fell the Mighty
Pick Your Poison
Pick Your Poison
Rampant Growth
Rampant Growth
Reunion of the House
Reunion of the House
Slaughter the Strong
Slaughter the Strong
Tragic Arrogance
Tragic Arrogance
Artifacts (4)
Arcane Signet
Arcane Signet
Colfenor's Urn
Colfenor's Urn
Sigil of Valor
Sigil of Valor
Sol Ring
Sol Ring
Enchantments (4)
Banishing Light
Banishing Light
Stormplain Detainment
Stormplain Detainment
Team Avatar
Team Avatar
Witness Protection
Witness Protection
Lands (30)
Abandoned Campground
Abandoned Campground
Access Tunnel
Access Tunnel
Azorius Chancery
Azorius Chancery
Botanical Plaza
Botanical Plaza
Canopy Vista
Canopy Vista
Command Tower
Command Tower
Diamond City
Diamond City
Etched Cornfield
Etched Cornfield
Evolving Wilds
Evolving Wilds
Exotic Orchard
Exotic Orchard
Fortified Village
Fortified Village
Grasslands
Grasslands
Overgrown Farmland
Overgrown Farmland
Path of Ancestry
Path of Ancestry
Prairie Stream
Prairie Stream
Quandrix Campus
Quandrix Campus
Radiant Grove
Radiant Grove
Razortide Bridge
Razortide Bridge
Razorverge Thicket
Razorverge Thicket
Restless Anchorage
Restless Anchorage
Rogue's Passage
Rogue's Passage
Scavenger Grounds
Scavenger Grounds
Skybridge Towers
Skybridge Towers
Skycloud Expanse
Skycloud Expanse
Sungrass Prairie
Sungrass Prairie
Sunpetal Grove
Sunpetal Grove
Temple of Plenty
Temple of Plenty
Thornwood Falls
Thornwood Falls
Tranquil Cove
Tranquil Cove
Tranquil Landscape
Tranquil Landscape
Basics (3)
Forest
2 Forests
Island
3 Islands
Plains
3 Plains