Arcades, the Strategist
- Mana cost
- {1}{G}{W}{U}
- Type
- Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon
- Power / toughness
- 3 / 5
- Set
- Core Set 2019 Promos #212s (mythic)
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.
Arcades, the Strategist has 4 printings, first in Core Set 2019 (2018). EDHREC ranks it #5,848 among Commander cards. It appears most in The Fantastic Four decks (890 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Arcades, the Strategist most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- The Fantastic Four: 890 decks
- Super-Skrull: 833 decks
- Invisible Woman: 391 decks
- Arcades Sabboth: 67 decks
Often played with Arcades, the Strategist
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : 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.
- : 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.