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Arcades, the Strategist

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Arcades, the Strategist

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.

$4.36

Commander: LegalModern: Legal

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Tags and classifications

Card attributes are distinct from inferred themes. AI themes and predicted tags are suggestions, not rules text; check the card before relying on a surprising classification.

Ability tags

Triggered

Mana costs

× 1 × 1 × 1Multicolored cost

Creature kinds

DragonElder

Color identity

GUW

Keyword tags

FlyingVigilance

Mana value

Mana value 4

Theme tags

Card DrawTokens

Timing tags

Timing Sorcery

Type tags

Creature

Predicted tags

Card DrawTokens

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Balanced: 0.60*text + 0.20*tags + 0.10*color + 0.10*cost. Outputs are unitless rankings, not percentages or probabilities. Most similar shows the highest scores; Typical overlap is nearest the catalog median (0.611); Least similar shows the lowest scores.

Text uses cosine resemblance (−1 to 1) between 384-number embeddings when available, or lexical fallback otherwise. Tags use Jaccard overlap of approved tags and AI themes, excluding predicted tags and separately scored color/cost tags. Color compares W/U/B/R/G identity. Mana cost combines mana-value proximity, 1 / (1 + the difference), with mana-symbol overlap. Tags, color, and cost range from 0 to 1.

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Potential synergies

Showing 12 of 16 candidates

1,031 of 34,605 canonical cards have AI-derived resource labels. Label model: gpt-5.6-luna.

These suggestions use AI-derived resource labels, which may be incomplete or outdated. They are not rules-validated interactions.

Ancient Bronze Dragon

1 directional matches

Creature — Elder Dragon · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Arcades, the Strategist provides Evasion; Ancient Bronze Dragon rewards it.

Construct a Cosmic Cube

1 directional matches

Enchantment — Plan · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Arcades, the Strategist provides Card Draw; Construct a Cosmic Cube rewards it.

Dauthi Ghoul

1 directional matches

Creature — Dauthi Zombie · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Arcades, the Strategist provides Evasion; Dauthi Ghoul rewards it.

Dream Trawler

1 directional matches

Creature — Sphinx · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Arcades, the Strategist provides Card Draw; Dream Trawler rewards it.

Edric, Spymaster of Trest

1 directional matches

Legendary Creature — Elf Rogue · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Arcades, the Strategist provides Evasion; Edric, Spymaster of Trest rewards it.

Endless Swarm

1 directional matches

Sorcery · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Arcades, the Strategist provides Card Draw; Endless Swarm rewards it.

Hoofprints of the Stag

1 directional matches

Kindred Enchantment — Elemental · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Arcades, the Strategist provides Card Draw; Hoofprints of the Stag rewards it.

Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni

1 directional matches

Legendary Creature — Rat Ninja · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Arcades, the Strategist provides Evasion; Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni rewards it.

Knights of Dol Amroth

1 directional matches

Creature — Human Knight · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Arcades, the Strategist provides Card Draw; Knights of Dol Amroth rewards it.

Mask of Memory

1 directional matches

Artifact — Equipment · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Arcades, the Strategist provides Evasion; Mask of Memory rewards it.

Mordenkainen

1 directional matches

Legendary Planeswalker — Mordenkainen · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Arcades, the Strategist provides Card Draw; Mordenkainen rewards it.

Mu Yanling, Celestial Wind

1 directional matches

Legendary Planeswalker — Yanling · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Arcades, the Strategist provides Evasion; Mu Yanling, Celestial Wind rewards it.
How these suggestions work

Synergy candidates compare resources Arcades, the Strategist is labeled as providing with candidate payoffs, and candidate resources with Arcades, the Strategist's payoffs. Candidates are excluded when either card is labeled as hating a resource the other provides or has a payoff for.

Each distinct resource and direction counts once. Highest counts rank first, with ties ordered by card slug. No deck legality or color filter is applied. Check costs, timing, restrictions, and the cards themselves; these are not probabilities or guaranteed counters.

Potential answers

Showing 12 of 13 candidates

1,031 of 34,605 canonical cards have AI-derived resource labels. Label model: gpt-5.6-luna.

These suggestions use AI-derived resource labels, which may be incomplete or outdated. They are not rules-validated interactions.

Anurid Swarmsnapper

1 answer matches

Creature — Frog Beast · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Anurid Swarmsnapper disrupts Evasion, which Arcades, the Strategist provides or rewards.

Arachnoid

1 answer matches

Artifact Creature — Spider · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Arachnoid disrupts Evasion, which Arcades, the Strategist provides or rewards.

Archetype of Imagination

1 answer matches

Enchantment Creature — Human Wizard · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Archetype of Imagination disrupts Evasion, which Arcades, the Strategist provides or rewards.

Broken Wings

1 answer matches

Instant · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Broken Wings disrupts Evasion, which Arcades, the Strategist provides or rewards.

Chains of Mephistopheles

1 answer matches

Enchantment · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Chains of Mephistopheles disrupts Card Draw, which Arcades, the Strategist provides or rewards.

Eaten by Spiders

1 answer matches

Instant · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Eaten by Spiders disrupts Evasion, which Arcades, the Strategist provides or rewards.

Gravity Well

1 answer matches

Enchantment · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Gravity Well disrupts Evasion, which Arcades, the Strategist provides or rewards.

Nyxathid

1 answer matches

Creature — Elemental · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Nyxathid disrupts Card Draw, which Arcades, the Strategist provides or rewards.

Scattershot Archer

1 answer matches

Creature — Elf Archer · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Scattershot Archer disrupts Evasion, which Arcades, the Strategist provides or rewards.

Shredded Sails

1 answer matches

Instant · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Shredded Sails disrupts Evasion, which Arcades, the Strategist provides or rewards.

Skystinger

1 answer matches

Creature — Insect Warrior · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Skystinger disrupts Evasion, which Arcades, the Strategist provides or rewards.

Stingerfling Spider

1 answer matches

Creature — Spider · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Stingerfling Spider disrupts Evasion, which Arcades, the Strategist provides or rewards.
How these suggestions work

Answer candidates are labeled as disrupting a resource Arcades, the Strategist provides or has a payoff for; the direction is candidate disrupts the viewed card.

Each distinct resource and direction counts once. Highest counts rank first, with ties ordered by card slug. No deck legality or color filter is applied. Check costs, timing, restrictions, and the cards themselves; these are not probabilities or guaranteed counters.

Printings
SetLanguageCollectorReleasedRarityPrice
The ListenM19-2122021-07-23mythic$3.36
Time Spiral Remastereden3712021-03-19special$3.60
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Core Set 2019en2122018-07-13mythic$4.36
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Core Set 2019ja2122018-07-13mythic—
Core Set 2019zhs2122018-07-13mythic—
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