---
name: "Arcades, the Strategist"
mana_cost: "{1}{G}{W}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon"
colors: ["G", "U", "W"]
color_identity: ["G", "U", "W"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Vigilance"]
set: "TSR"
set_name: "Time Spiral Remastered"
collector_number: "371"
rarity: "special"
artist: "Even Amundsen"
oracle_id: "e7fc5ad6-f2f0-4b06-a61b-05022db9d93b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/arcades-the-strategist-tsr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Arcades, the Strategist
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{G}{W}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/5
- **Keywords:** Flying, Vigilance

## Oracle 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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Arcades Sabboth](/printing/arcades-sabboth-dmr.md) — Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon
2. [Gargoyle Sentinel](/printing/gargoyle-sentinel-m19.md) — Artifact Creature — Gargoyle
3. [Wakestone Gargoyle](/printing/wakestone-gargoyle-dis.md) — Creature — Gargoyle
4. [Geist of the Lonely Vigil](/printing/geist-of-the-lonely-vigil-emn.md) — Creature — Spirit Cleric
5. [Manor Gargoyle](/printing/manor-gargoyle-isd.md) — Artifact Creature — Gargoyle
6. [Ageless Sentinels](/printing/ageless-sentinels-scg.md) — Creature — Wall

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) #371
- **Rarity:** Special
- **Artist:** Even Amundsen
- **Total Printings:** 23 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`