Arcades, the Strategist
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SetTSR
Collector #371
Released2021-03-19
Rarityspecial
ArtistEven Amundsen
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Arcades, the Strategist

SpecialColour IDMV 4
Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon
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.
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Keywords
FlyingVigilance
Card capabilities
Card drawCreatureLegendary creature
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Format legality
Other printings
3 other English printingsEarliest 2018-07-13Newest 2021-07-23Cheapest priced $2.92 in PLST
Rulings (2)
wotc19 Mar 2021
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.
wotc19 Mar 2021
If Arcades leaves the battlefield after a creature with defender has attacked, that creature remains an attacking creature, although it will assign damage equal to its power.
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