Name
Arcades, the Strategist
Mana Cost
Type
Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon
Set
Time Spiral Remastered
Rarity
Special
Text
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.
Power/Toughness
3/5
Number
#371
Other Prints
Core Set 2019
The List
Core Set 2019 Promos
Legal Formats
Brawl | Commander | Duel | Gladiator | Historic | Legacy | Modern | Oathbreaker | Penny | Pioneer | Timeless | Vintage
Availability
Magic Online | Paper
Rulings
(19/03/2021)
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.
(19/03/2021)
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.
Artist
Even Amundsen
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