Plagon, Lord of the Beach
Legendary Creature — Starfish Wizard
When Plagon enters, draw a card for each creature you control with toughness greater than its power.
: Target creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power this turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Price
- $1.53
- EDHREC rank
- #9293
Plagon, Lord of the Beach turns every defender you control into an attacker that deals damage equal to its toughness — the exact engine Arcades, the Strategist wants to flood the board with. The cost is real: you're locked into a niche archetype, and outside of Wall-tribal it does almost nothing.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Arcades, the Strategist
Arcades, the Strategist already lets defenders swing for their toughness, and Plagon, Lord of the Beach stacks directly on top of that — every Wall you drop becomes a bigger clock without any additional setup.
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 |
Plagon, Lord of the Beach is a Commander card in practice — the defender-tribal payoff it represents only reaches critical mass in a 100-card singleton format where Arcades, the Strategist is sitting in the command zone. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but competes against formats that don't care about incremental toughness-matters value, so it never sees play there. Commander is where it belongs, and specifically inside the narrow slice of decks built around attacking with high-toughness creatures.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.53 cheap tier
At $1.53, Plagon, Lord of the Beach sits firmly in the cheap tier — easy to pick up without a second thought for any Arcades, the Strategist build. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to spike, so it should stay accessible.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Arcades, the Strategist
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.