Martin Zeman's Arcades, The Strategist #budget
 
Type: Built Deck
Format (legal 👍)
comCommander
Commander Bracket
[1️⃣]
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Approx. Value:
$255.13
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Avg. CMC 2.36
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Final Fantasy
releases on June 13, 2025!

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Final Fantasy
releases on June 13, 2025!

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Main Deck - 100 cards, 100 distinct
Columns
Name  Edition $ Type Cost
Rarity Color
Commander
1 Arcades, the Strategist
$3.39 Legendary Creature - Elder Dragon
Creature (36)
1 Angelic Wall
$0.94 Creature - Wall
1 Axebane Guardian
#Combo
#Ramp
$3.51 Creature - Human Druid
1 Carven Caryatid
$1.15 Creature - Spirit
1 Faeburrow Elder
#Combo
#Ramp
$9.90 Creature - Treefolk Druid
1 Fortified Rampart
$0.12 Creature - Wall
1 Hover Barrier
$2.64 Creature - Illusion Wall
1 Jeskai Barricade
$0.56 Creature - Wall
1 Jungle Barrier
$0.46 Creature - Plant Wall
1 Mnemonic Wall
$0.45 Creature - Wall
1 Murmuring Phantasm
$0.36 Creature - Spirit
1 Overgrown Battlement
$0.30 Creature - Wall
1 Perimeter Captain
$5.15 Creature - Human Soldier
1 Resolute Watchdog
$4.19 Creature - Dog
1 Shield Sphere
$14.08 Artifact Creature - Wall
1 Stalwart Shield-Bearers
$7.78 Creature - Human Soldier
1 Steel Wall
$6.14 Artifact Creature - Wall
1 Sunscape Familiar
$3.54 Creature - Wall
1 Suspicious Bookcase
$0.69 Artifact Creature - Wall
1 Sylvan Caryatid
$4.77 Creature - Plant
1 Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
$0.20 Legendary Creature - Human Rogue
1 Tree of Redemption
$5.10 Creature - Plant
1 Vine Trellis
$0.47 Creature - Plant Wall
1 Wall of Blossoms
$1.57 Creature - Plant Wall
1 Wall of Denial
$1.65 Creature - Wall
1 Wall of Essence
$4.57 Creature - Wall
1 Wall of Frost
$0.79 Creature - Wall
1 Wall of Glare
$18.87 Creature - Wall
1 Wall of Hope
$4.52 Creature - Wall
1 Wall of Junk
$0.43 Artifact Creature - Wall
1 Wall of Kelp
$2.82 Creature - Plant Wall
1 Wall of Mist
$0.36 Creature - Wall
1 Wall of Mulch
$1.96 Creature - Wall
1 Wall of Omens
$0.92 Creature - Wall
1 Wall of Roots
$0.47 Creature - Plant Wall
1 Wall of Stolen Identity
$1.96 Creature - Shapeshifter Wall
1 Wall of Tanglecord
$3.41 Artifact Creature - Wall
Instant (5)
1 Counterspell
#Protection
$2.04 Instant
1 Eerie Interlude
#Protection
$4.66 Instant
1 Path to Exile
#Disruption
$1.14 Instant
1 Swords to Plowshares
#Disruption
$1.42 Instant
1 Tower Defense
$3.49 Instant
Sorcery (7)
1 Cultivate
#Ramp
$0.64 Sorcery
1 Farseek
#Ramp
$1.85 Sorcery
1 Fell the Mighty
#Disruption
$0.25 Sorcery
1 Rampant Growth
#Ramp
$0.37 Sorcery
1 Return to the Ranks
$3.06 Sorcery
1 Slaughter the Strong
#Disruption
$0.25 Sorcery
1 Wave of Reckoning
#Disruption
$51.65 Sorcery
Artifact (10)
1 Arcane Signet
#Ramp
$0.51 Artifact
1 Azorius Signet
#Ramp
$2.32 Artifact
1 Colfenor's Urn
#Protection
$10.25 Artifact
1 Lightning Greaves
#Protection
$5.13 Artifact - Equipment
1 Selesnya Signet
#Ramp
$1.08 Artifact
1 Simic Signet
#Ramp
$0.31 Artifact
1 Sol Ring
#Ramp
$1.26 Artifact
1 Swiftfoot Boots
#Protection
$1.19 Artifact - Equipment
1 Talisman of Curiosity
#Ramp
$0.41 Artifact
1 Wayfarer's Bauble
#Ramp
$0.37 Artifact
Enchantment (5)
1 Assault Formation
$1.76 Enchantment
1 High Alert
$5.09 Enchantment
1 Intruder Alarm
$2.80 Enchantment
1 Path of Discovery
$3.15 Enchantment
1 Sight of the Scalelords
$4.65 Enchantment
Planeswalker (1)
1 Huatli, the Sun's Heart
$0.62 Legendary Planeswalker - Huatli
Land (35)
1 Arctic Treeline
$0.45 Snow Land - Forest Plains
1 Azorius Chancery
$0.15 Land
1 Bant Panorama
$1.21 Land
1 Canopy Vista
$0.20 Land - Forest Plains
1 Command Tower
$0.27 Land
1 Evolving Wilds
$0.16 Land
1 Exotic Orchard
$0.20 Land
1 Flood Plain
$0.27 Land
1 Forest
$0.26 Basic Land - Forest
1 Forest
$1.23 Basic Land - Forest
1 Forest
$2.01 Basic Land - Forest
1 Forest
$0.22 Basic Land - Forest
1 Forest
$1.24 Basic Land - Forest
1 Forest
$1.03 Basic Land - Forest
1 Forest
$1.39 Basic Land - Forest
1 Glacial Floodplain
$0.35 Snow Land - Plains Island
1 Grasslands
$0.23 Land
1 Island
$0.18 Basic Land - Island
1 Island
$0.24 Basic Land - Island
1 Krosan Verge
$0.15 Land
1 Plains
$0.18 Basic Land - Plains
1 Plains
$0.15 Basic Land - Plains
1 Plains
$0.19 Basic Land - Plains
1 Plains
$0.23 Basic Land - Plains
1 Prairie Stream
$0.16 Land - Plains Island
1 Rimewood Falls
$1.05 Snow Land - Forest Island
1 Seaside Citadel
$1.14 Land
1 Selesnya Sanctuary
$0.18 Land
1 Simic Growth Chamber
$0.18 Land
1 Skyshroud Forest
$3.33 Land
1 Terramorphic Expanse
$0.10 Land
1 Vivid Creek
$0.52 Land
1 Vivid Grove
$0.99 Land
1 Vivid Meadow
$2.93 Land
1 Yavimaya Coast
$0.45 Land
Sideboard - 0 cards, 0 distinct
No cards here. :(
Scratchpad - 26 cards, 26 distinct
Cards in the scratchpad represent cards that you are considering for this deck, but are not actually in the built deck. They do not count towards the in built decks count shown in your inventory. If you are using the Auto Trade feature, they will be still be marked for trade although cards in your main deck and sideboard will not.
Name  Edition $ Type Cost
Rarity Color
Creature (15)
1 Bloom Tender
#Combo
#Ramp
$20.22 Creature - Elf Druid
1 Charix, the Raging Isle
$0.32 Legendary Creature - Leviathan Crab
1 Crashing Drawbridge
$0.25 Artifact Creature - Wall
1 Doorkeeper
$0.04 Creature - Homunculus
1 Flumph
$1.62 Creature - Jellyfish
1 Riptide Turtle
$0.08 Creature - Turtle
1 Shield-Wall Sentinel
$0.19 Artifact Creature - Golem
1 Sporocyst
$6.20 Creature - Tyranid
1 Towering Titan
$0.30 Creature - Giant
1 Walking Bulwark
$0.11 Artifact Creature - Golem
1 Wall of Runes
$0.07 Creature - Wall
1 Wall of Tears
$0.92 Creature - Wall
1 Weathered Sentinels
$0.90 Artifact Creature - Wall
1 Wingmantle Chaplain
$0.09 Creature - Human Cleric
1 Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus
$10.79 Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Horror
Instant (1)
1 Heroic Intervention
$10.88 Instant
Sorcery (1)
1 Dusk // Dawn
$0.30 Sorcery // Sorcery //
Artifact (2)
1 Expedition Map
$0.75 Artifact
1 Meekstone
$8.75 Artifact
Enchantment (6)
1 Angelic Chorus
$4.51 Enchantment
1 Aura Shards
$19.38 Enchantment
1 Brave the Sands
$4.83 Enchantment
1 Freed from the Real
#Combo
$6.99 Enchantment - Aura
1 Stoneskin
$0.48 Enchantment - Aura
1 The Birth of Meletis
$0.17 Enchantment - Saga
Land (1)
1 Port Town
$0.26 Land

Notes
 
Budget restriction: $100 USD at mtggoldfish
$  98.52 Jun 2023
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tools/deck_pricer#paper

References:
- https://decks.tcgplayer.com/magic/freeform/the-commander-s-quarters/arcades--the-strategist---break-the-bank---upgrades-only---the-commander-s-quarters/1346769
- https://decks.tcgplayer.com/magic/commander/the-commander-s-quarters/arcades--the-strategist---break-the-bank---the-commander-s-quarters/1346768
- https://edhrec.com/commanders/arcades-the-strategist/toughness
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