Arcades, the Strategist

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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
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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 see play in 1 formats: Commander. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of C$ 8.44. It's a key card in 1 combos.

A deck focused on a defender strategy would greatly benefit from including Arcades, the Strategist as it enhances the abilities of defender creatures and provides card draw upon their entry. While Arcades is a strong choice for such a deck, there are other cards like High Alert and Assault Formation that offer similar effects at a lower mana cost, making them potentially better options depending on the specific deck strategy. Overall, Arcades can definitely see play in a defender-themed deck but may face competition from other cards with similar abilities.

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

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