Dakkon, Shadow Slayer
Dakkon, Shadow Slayer is a white, blue and black formerly human Planeswalker, introduced after June 2022, following the release of the Streets of New Capenna set.
| Dakkon, Shadow Slayer | |
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| Full Name | Dakkon, Shadow Slayer |
| Affinities |
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| Origin set |
 Streets of New Capenna |
| Cost |
850  |
| Stats (max level) | |
| Health | 129 |
| Deck limits |
 5 ·  8 ·  6 |
| Mana bonuses |
 +3 ·  +4 ·  +4 ·  -2 ·  -2 |
| Leveling cost |
323,750  |
| Planeswalkers (Infobox · Data) | |
At release he had the sixth highest health in the game. He has good mana gains in his colors, and average deck limits with a focus on Spells: five Creatures, six Supports, and eight Spells.
Although emergent strategies are possible, Dakkon seems designed to gain large amounts of Loyalty with Blue gems (especially with conversion) and his first ability, ameliorating the high cost of the second and third and hopefully enabling them to be used more often.
It is worth noting that the first 2 levels of One's Vengeance Path bypass both Hexproof 
and Ward 
, but it is unlikely that a player would leave Dakkon unleveled to utilize this aspect. Level 4 of the ability, while losing the aforementioned bypasses, becomes much more versatile in that it can now target friendly creatures. While maintaining most of it's offensive use, this now additionally allows for:
-Friendly removal to prolong a match, allowing time to achieve objectives
-Friendly removal of permanently disabled creatures
-Friendly removal to utilize the significant conversion it creates
-Friendly removal to meet exile creature objectives
Note that the effects of the Forging the Blackblade token will not take place if there are no creatures for it to buff. Creatures Weakened until their Toughness is reduced to zero by Forging the Blackblade do not die until after combat damage is dealt.
Contents
Stats
| Dakkon, Shadow Slayer - level 60 | ||||||||||
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 +3
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 +4
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 +4
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 -2
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 -2
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 0
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5
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8
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6
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129 | 323,750
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1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| 1-5
3410 |
+1 | +1 | +1 | -3 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 44 |  |
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| 2 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 47 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 50 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6-10
11390 |
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| 53 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 56 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 11-15
20830 |
59 | |||||||||||||||||
| +1 | +2 | +2 | -3 | -3 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 62 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16-20
33590 |
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| +1 | +2 | +2 | -2 | -3 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 68 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 21-25
49690 |
71 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 74 | ||||||||||||||||||
| +1 | +2 | +2 | -2 | -2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 26-30
69070 |
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| 80 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 31-35
91630 |
86 | |||||||||||||||||
| +1 | +2 | +3 | -2 | -2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 89 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 36-40
117370 |
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| 92 | ||||||||||||||||||
| +1 | +3 | +3 | -2 | -2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 95 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 41-45
146230 |
98 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 8 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 101 | ||||||||||||||||||
| +3 | +3 | +3 | -2 | -2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 105 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 46-50
178150 |
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| 109 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 113 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 51-55
226950 |
117 | |||||||||||||||||
| +3 | +3 | +4 | -2 | -2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 121 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 56-60
323750 |
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| 125 | ||||||||||||||||||
| +3 | +4 | +4 | -2 | -2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
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Abilities
Bold text denotes changes between ability levels.
| 1: Bearer of the Blackblade | |||
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| Ability Level | PW level |
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6-19 | 9 | Surveil 2: Gain life equal to the number of White gems on the board. |
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20-35 | 9 | Surveil 2: Gain life equal to the number of White gems on the board. Your opponent loses life equal to the number of Black gems on the board. |
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36-49 | 9 | Surveil 3: Gain life equal to the number of White gems on the board. Your opponent loses life equal to the number of Black gems on the board. Gain Loyalty equal to the number of Blue gems on the board, up to 3. |
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50 | 9 | Surveil 4: Gain life equal to the number of White gems on the board. Your opponent loses life equal to the number of Black gems on the board. Gain Loyalty equal to the number of Blue gems on the board. |
| 2: One's Vengeance Path | |||
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| Ability Level | PW level |
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10-25 | 16 | Exile the first opposing creature. |
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26-39 | 16 | Exile the first opposing creature. Then: Convert a gem to White. Convert a gem to Blue. Convert a gem to Black. |
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40-55 | 16 | Exile target opposing creature. Then: Convert a gem to White. Convert a gem to Blue. Convert a gem to Black. |
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56 | 16 | Exile target creature. Then: Convert a gem to White. Convert a gem to Blue. Convert a gem to Black. If you exiled a creature you control - Instead: Convert 3 gems to White. Convert 3 gems to Blue. Convert 3 gems to Black. |
| 3: Forged by Greed | |||
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| Ability Level | PW level |
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Effect |
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16-29 | 26 | Create a Forging the Blackblade token. |
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30-45 | 26 | Create a Forging the Blackblade token. That card gains the Darkness Emblem. |
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46-59 | 26 | Destroy the top 5 cards of your library. Create a Forging the Blackblade token. That card gains the Darkness Emblem. Move the first Artifact support card from your graveyard to play under your control. |
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60 | 26 | Destroy the top 10 cards of your library. Create a Forging the Blackblade token. That card gains the Darkness Emblem. Move the first 2 support cards from your graveyard to play under your control. |
Forging the Blackblade
White, Blue, Black Support Card; 4 Shields, Token.
- "At the beginning of the combat on your turn: Your first creature gets +1/+1 for each White, Blue and Black gem on the board until the end of turn. Then: If this support has the Darkness Emblem - Opposing creatures get -X/-X until end of turn. X is the greatest number among White, Blue or Black gems on the board."
If there are no friendly creatures for it to buff, the Forging the Blackblade token will not debuff enemy creatures.
Story
"The original forger of the Blackblade, Dakkon became a planeswalker, as promised by Geyadrone Dihada, after completing the creation of that powerful weapon. But his creation was used to split apart his soul from body, leaving him to planeswalk bound by the Blackblade."
Dakkon Blackblade on MtG wiki
The combination of white blue and black is called Esper after the Shard of Alara from the MtG multiverse. In Dakkon's set, SNC, this combination is the magic of the Obscura faction.
Starting Deck
| Card name | Type | Cost | Color | Rarity | Set |
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| Toluz, Clever Conductor | Missing card data | ||||
| Queza, Augur of Agonies | Missing card data | ||||
| Run Out of Town | Missing card data | ||||
| Fake Your Death | Missing card data | ||||
| Kill Shot | Missing card data | ||||
| Knightly Valor | (2)
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9 |
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 ORI
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| Caves of Koilos | (2)
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8 | 
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ORI
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| Psychic Rebuttal | (2)
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6 |
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ORI
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| Reave Soul |
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3 |
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ORI
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| Disperse |
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4 |
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ORI
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