Core Set 2019 Promos

Arcades, the Strategist

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.

Printing details

About this card

Set: Core Set 2019 Promos (PM19)
Collector number: 212s
Rarity: Mythic Rare
Released: July 13, 2018
Artist: Even Amundsen
Language: English
Mana value: 4
Oracle ID: e7fc5ad6-f2f0-4b06-a61b-05022db9d93b

Color profile

Color identity

White
Blue
Green

Format check

Legality

TLR: Not legal
Duel: Legal
Brawl: Legal
Penny: Legal
PreDH: Not legal
Future: Not legal
Legacy: Legal
Modern: Legal
Pauper: Not legal
Alchemy: Not legal
Pioneer: Legal
Vintage: Legal
Historic: Legal
Standard: Not legal
Timeless: Legal
Commander: Legal
Gladiator: Legal
Old School: Not legal
Premodern: Not legal
Oathbreaker: Legal
Standard Brawl: Not legal
Pauper Commander: Not legal
Competitive Brawl: Legal

Official notes

Rulings

March 19, 2021 Wizards of the Coast

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.
March 19, 2021 Wizards of the Coast

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.

Card links

Cards found together in sampled public decks. Lands are excluded and different printings count as one card. This suggests shared play, not a proven combo.

No sampled co-occurrences found

No other nonland cards were found alongside this card in the sampled public decks.