best defensive cards mtg Defense of the Heart (My Little Pony) | Secret Lair Drop if one of your opponents controls three or more creatures mtg cards that prevent attacking

it's easy to assemble and play

I know this requires a huge quantity of mana, but just imagine the impact of creating three copies of Archon of CrueltyArchon of Cruelty for only nine mana

You can make it incredibly hard for your opponents to kill a Lier, which will allow you to do things like play a Sedgemoor Witch on turn four and up interaction for their big follow-up

Chief Force of Will I will never complain about this card getting reprints, because this is probably the strongest counterspell of all time and one of the most iconic cards to come out of early 1990s Magic

It's not an ideal play in many cases, unless you prefer to have him equipped for some doubled effect later on

While thats not necessarily enough to wipe players out of the game, it can still synergize with a lot of commanders out there while giving you a little more upside than the older spells I mentioned