Arcades, the Strategist

Core Set 2019 · #212 · mythic · EN

$1.65 · Foil $19.24

cheapest of 36 store offers · see all

market $3.60 · Foil $27.83

Mana cost: {1}{G}{W}{U}

Type: Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon

Commonly played as: Draw

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.

Artist: Even Amundsen

Released: 2018-07-13

Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $3.60
  • TCGplayer foil: $27.83
  • Cardmarket: €2.94
  • Cardmarket foil: €19.59
  • MTGO tix: 0.02
$27.83$2.95
234 days of daily prices for Arcades, the Strategist: $5.14 to $3.60
2026-01-252026-11-12
regular foil · 234 days tracked · $5.14 → $3.60 (-30%) · low $2.95 · high $27.83
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Core Set 2019 #212) in 10 other languages.

Store prices

The 3 cheapest per condition and finish, in stock at the last check. Offers not re-confirmed within 60 days are not shown. Prices in different currencies are compared at the current exchange rate.

StoreConditionFinishPriceChecked
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$1.65today
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$1.87today
CardTraderNM · todayNMregular€2.19today
Everything GamesNM · 7 days agoNMregularCA$3.907 days ago
TopDeck HeroSP · todaySPregularCA$4.49today
Card KingdomSP · 3 days agoSPregular$3.193 days ago
ManaPoolDM · todayDMregular$3.39today
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$3.80today
CardTraderMP · todayMPregular€3.58today
CardTraderDM · todayDMregular€4.82today
ManaPoolMP · foil · todayMPfoil$19.24today
CardTraderHP · foil · todayHPfoil€18.24today
CardTraderMP · foil · todayMPfoil€18.69today
CardmarketNM · foil · todayNMfoil€19.06today
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$24.24today
ManaPoolNM · foil · todayNMfoil$29.00today
CardTraderSP · foil · todaySPfoil€28.36today
Face To Face GamesNM · foil · yesterdayNMfoilCA$44.99yesterday

Truncated: 18 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 36 in total.

Format legality

  • standard: not legal
  • pioneer: legal
  • modern: legal
  • legacy: legal
  • vintage: legal
  • commander: legal
  • pauper: not legal
  • brawl: legal

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 18 lists
  • Played in 2 decks
  • 19 copies tracked

Decks that play this card

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All printings of Arcades, the Strategist

USD · low $2.81 · high $55.49

Set#RarityUSD
The List#M19-212 · mythicM19-212mythic$2.81
Time Spiral Remastered#371 · special371special$3.49
Core Set 2019 Promos#212s · mythic212smythic$55.49 foil
Core Set 2019#212 · mythic212mythic$3.60