MTG · Concept

◇ Concept · 6 printings

Arcades, the Strategist

Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon

printings

#5874

EDHREC rank

#8188

penny rank

Std

normal

—

in vault

—

for trade

—

wishlisted

Value

$59.5190d high · 6 printings

90-dayhigh $60low $0.02range 297450.0%n 538

Gameplay

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.

3/5

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDHnot legal

futurenot legal

legacylegal

modernlegal

paupernot legal

alchemynot legal

pioneerlegal

vintagelegal

historiclegal

standardnot legal

Timelesslegal

commanderlegal

Gladiatorlegal

Old Schoolnot legal

Premodernnot legal

Oathbreakerlegal

Standard Brawlnot legal

Pauper Commandernot legal

Context

Across the 6 printings of this card, the trailing-90-day price band runs from $0.02 to $59.51 across 538 observations.

Rarix catalogs 6 distinct printings of this card concept, spanning every set the card has appeared in. The Printings grid below lists each one with its own variant treatment, price, and collector signal.

Card type: Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon. Color identity: green/blue/white. Mana cost: {1}{G}{W}{U} (4 converted). Keyword abilities: Flying and Vigilance.

Legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Brawl, and Historic.

EDHrec ranks this card concept #5,874 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

The representative printing on this page is illustrated by Even Amundsen.