Arcades Sabboth
Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Arcades Sabboth unless you pay 
.
Each untapped creature you control gets +0/+2 as long as it's not attacking.: Arcades Sabboth gets +0/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 8
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GUW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Chronicles
- Price
- $0.49
- EDHREC rank
- #22862
Arcades Sabboth puts a 9/9 worth of stats across three bodies on turn five while taxing every opponent's untap step — that's a board presence most creatures can't match at any cost. The triple-color pip requirement (white, blue, green) is the real price, and it bites hard in anything but a dedicated three-color shell.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Arcades Sabboth actually gets to breathe — a five-mana 7/7 that generates two 0/2 tokens and passively taxes three opponents is a genuine threat in a multiplayer context where the untap penalty compounds every turn. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; five mana buys you game-ending effects in those formats, and a soft tax does nothing against the combo decks that dominate both. Arcades Sabboth is a Commander card through and through, best slotted as a value creature in Bant goodstuff or as a nod to Elder Dragon nostalgia rather than as a competitive engine.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.49 bulk tier
At $0.49, Arcades Sabboth sits firmly in bulk territory, which is accurate — demand is driven almost entirely by collector and nostalgia interest, not competitive play. Don't expect the price to move unless a reprint announcement shakes the vintage-card market.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.