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Arcades, the Strategist

Card Name

Arcades, the Strategist

Mana Cost

1

Type

Legendary Creature – Elder Dragon

Rarity

Mythic Rare

rules Text

Flying, vigilanceWhenever 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.

Legal Formats

Commander, Explorer, Historic, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Pauper, Standard

Rulings

(3/19/2021)
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.
(3/19/2021)
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.