Flying
Vigilance
Arcades, the Strategist
Card Rules and Details
Card Type: Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon
Mana Cost: {1}{G}{W}{U}
Oracle Rules 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.
Set: Core Set 2019 (#212), Rarity: Mythic, Artist: Even Amundsen
Legendary
Creature
Green
Blue
White
Mythic
Evasion
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Historical Printings & Sets (1)
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Official Rulings (2)
2021-03-19
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.
2021-03-19
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.
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