edhseer Commander synergy, explained
Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon
Mana cost: {1}{G}{W}{U}
Flying, vigilance
Whenever a creature you control with defender enters, draw a card.
triggered — draws you 1 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.
static — makes your creatures bigger
static — grants a keyword
static — makes creatures assign combat damage by toughness
What a deck led by this card wants
Causes: draw a card.
Cares about: a creature enters the battlefield, a creature it boosts, a creature whose damage it changes.
a Dragon attacks — 474 cards in the game can cause this (Arcades is one).
When Arcades, the Strategist attacks:
a Dragon deals combat damage — 474 cards in the game can cause this (Arcades is one).
When Arcades, the Strategist deals combat damage:
a nontoken Dragon enters the battlefield — 484 cards in the game can cause this (Arcades is one).
When Arcades, the Strategist enters:
a Dragon it grants abilities to — 488 cards in the game can cause this.
487 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a Dragon it applies enters with counters to — 488 cards in the game can cause this.
487 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a Dragon enters the battlefield — 524 cards in the game can cause this (Arcades is one).
When Arcades, the Strategist enters:
4 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Arcades is one).
When Arcades, the Strategist makes a player draw a card:
57 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Arcades is one).
When Arcades, the Strategist attacks:
489 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Arcades is one).
When Arcades, the Strategist attacks:
846 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature blocks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Arcades is one).
140 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature it boosts — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.
19,382 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature it makes cheaper to cast — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.
19,384 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature it grants abilities to — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.
19,382 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature it applies animate to — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.
19,390 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature it grants types to — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.
19,388 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature it applies untap to — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.
19,390 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature it applies speed increase to — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.
19,388 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature it applies extra combat to — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.
19,391 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature whose damage it changes — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.
19,389 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Arcades is one).
When Arcades, the Strategist enters:
3,027 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Arcades is one).
633 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.