Arcades, the Strategist

set	min	mtgo
-	27.29	0.02 tix

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Name	Arcades, the Strategist
Type	Legendary creature — elder dragon
Description	Flying, vigilance Whenever a creature you control with defender enters, draw a card. Each creature you control with defender assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power and can attack as though it didn't have defender.
Artist	Even Amundsen
Set	The List #486
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

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Rank A

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Meta types

Draw
Evasion

About Arcades, the Strategist

Arcades, the Strategist, Legendary creature — elder dragon, designed by Even Amundsen first released in Jul, 2018 in the set Core Set 2019 Promos and was printed exactly in 4 different ways. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of 27.29. It's a key card in 1 combos.

A deck focused on a defender strategy would benefit from including Arcades, the Strategist as it enhances the effectiveness of defender creatures by allowing them to draw cards upon entering, deal damage based on toughness, and attack freely. While Arcades is a strong choice for such a deck, there are other cards like Doran, the Siege Tower that offer similar benefits and may be considered as alternatives depending on the specific deck strategy and playstyle. Overall, Arcades is a solid option for a defender-themed deck and can definitely see play in the right build.

Rules

03/19/21

Arcades’s last ability doesn’t actually change any creature’s power. It changes only the amount of combat damage it assigns. All other rules and effects that check power or toughness use the real values. For example, Rabid Bite won’t cause a creature with defender to deal damage equal to its toughness.

07/13/18