Is The Walls of Ba Sing Se good in Commander?

The Walls of Ba Sing Se

Legendary Artifact Creature — Wall

Defender
Other permanents you control have indestructible.

CMC: 8
Mana cost
Color identity: C
Rarity: mythic
Set: Avatar: The Last Airbender Promos
Price: —
EDHREC rank: #2683

The Walls of Ba Sing Se drops a pile of high-toughness defenders onto the battlefield at once, making it a payoff card rather than a setup card — the work it does on resolution is the point. In Arcades, the Strategist decks it's a multi-attacker in one card; in Phenax, God of Deception shells it's an instant mill engine the moment it resolves.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

Arcades, the Strategist

62.9% of decks · synergy 0.58

Arcades, the Strategist turns every Wall into an attacker that draws a card on entry, so The Walls of Ba Sing Se resolving is effectively a one-card alpha strike and card draw burst rolled into a single spell. The sheer number of bodies it produces makes it one of the highest-impact individual cards the deck can play.

Felothar the Steadfast

61.3% of decks · synergy 0.47

Felothar the Steadfast cares about creatures with defender entering the battlefield, and The Walls of Ba Sing Se produces a crowd of them in one shot. That density of triggers is exactly what the deck wants to snowball ahead of the table.

Betor, Kin to All

56.1% of decks · synergy 0.42

Betor, Kin to All rewards stacking the board with creatures of the same type or role, and The Walls of Ba Sing Se floods the battlefield fast enough to make that payoff immediate. The sheer volume of bodies it creates gives Betor's synergies multiple targets the turn you play it.

Venom, Deadly Devourer

41.1% of decks · synergy 0.41

Venom, Deadly Devourer scales on creature count, and The Walls of Ba Sing Se is one of the most efficient ways to inflate that number in a single turn. Getting several bodies from one card means Venom's damage or drain effects spike dramatically the turn the Walls land.

The Pride of Hull Clade

38.6% of decks · synergy 0.38

The Pride of Hull Clade operates in a high-toughness shell where big defenders double as the deck's threats, and The Walls of Ba Sing Se provides exactly the kind of bulk that makes that strategy function. Multiple high-toughness creatures from a single card is the most efficient way to fuel what Pride of Hull Clade is doing.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

Format	Verdict
commander	legal
legacy	legal
modern	legal
pioneer	legal
standard	legal
vintage	legal
pauper	not legal
oathbreaker	legal

Commander is far and away where The Walls of Ba Sing Se earns its slot — the multiplayer setting gives you time to untap with a board full of defenders, and the card's power scales with synergy commanders like Arcades, the Strategist and Phenax, God of Deception that are only legal in EDH. It's technically legal in Legacy, Vintage, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, and Oathbreaker, but in those formats it's a slow, non-interactive enchantment that does nothing the turn it resolves and asks you to build around it with no obvious competitive shell. Outside Commander, The Walls of Ba Sing Se is a bulk card in every other format — there's no tournament context where this is a serious consideration.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

290 decks