Arcades, the Strategist
Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon
TSRTime Spiral Remastered#371special
- Finishes
- Nonfoil · Foil
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 1997
- Illustrator
- Even Amundsen
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
Constructed
StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal
Commander
CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
Arena
AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal
Other
PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
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.
3/5FlyingVigilance
Plays as:
Card DrawETB PayoffDefender Payoff
Market · per finishtrend updated 9h ago · prices as of Oct 15, 2026
Nonfoil$3.77-4.8%$1.75 low-$0.05 gap
Foil$37.73+1.8%$36.99 low$4.49 gap
Nonfoil$3.77-4.8%30DLowest listing
$1.75Buylist
$1.80Buy / Sell Gap
-$0.05-3% · buylist > ask
30D range$37.06to$38.17Since Feb 2024:H $41.63L $25.38
Lowest listing
$36.99Buylist
$32.50Buy / Sell Gap
$4.49+12% · normal spread
Price history
last 30 days · set by the window above · each finish on its own scaleNonfoil$3.77-4.8%30D
30D range$3.69to$4.03Since Feb 2024:H $5.85L $2.21Foil$37.73+1.8%30D10× nonfoil
30D range$37.06to$38.17Since Feb 2024:H $41.63L $25.38Loading other printings
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Time Spiral Remastered Draft Booster Pack
Booster Pack · $12.18
$12.18Nonfoil under 1%Foil under 1%
Combos
Rulings
2 · latest Mar 19, 2021
- WotCMar 19, 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.
- WotCMar 19, 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.