Dakkon, Shadow Slayer

Dakkon, Shadow Slayer
Full Name	Dakkon, Shadow Slayer
Affinities
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)

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.

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.

Stats

Dakkon, Shadow Slayer - level 60
Mana bonus						Deck limits			Health	Leveling cost
+3	+4	+4	-2	-2	0	5	8	6	129	323,750

All level details 1-60													Click to
Level cost		Mana bonus							Deck limits				Health		Abilities
															1	2	3
1-5 3410		+1	+1	+1	-3	-3	0		2	5	3		44
									2	6	3
													47
		+1	+1	+2	-3	-3	0
													50
6-10 11390
													53
									2	6	4
													56
11-15 20830													59
		+1	+2	+2	-3	-3	0
													62
									3	6	4
													65
16-20 33590
		+1	+2	+2	-2	-3	0
													68
21-25 49690													71
									3	7	4
													74
		+1	+2	+2	-2	-2	0
													77
26-30 69070
													80
									3	7	5
													83
31-35 91630													86
		+1	+2	+3	-2	-2	0
													89
									4	7	5
36-40 117370
													92
		+1	+3	+3	-2	-2	0
													95
41-45 146230													98
									4	8	5
													101
		+3	+3	+3	-2	-2	0
													105
46-50 178150
													109
									4	8	6
													113
51-55 226950													117
		+3	+3	+4	-2	-2	0
									5	8	6
													121
56-60 323750
													125
		+3	+4	+4	-2	-2	0
													129

Abilities

Bold text denotes changes between ability levels.

1: Bearer of the Blackblade
Ability Level	PW level		Effect
	6-19	9	Surveil 2: Gain life equal to the number of White gems on the board.
	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.
	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.
	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
Ability Level	PW level		Effect
	10-25	16	Exile the first opposing creature.
	26-39	16	Exile the first opposing creature. Then: Convert a gem to White. Convert a gem to Blue. Convert a gem to Black.
	40-55	16	Exile target opposing creature. Then: Convert a gem to White. Convert a gem to Blue. Convert a gem to Black.
	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
Ability Level	PW level		Effect
	16-29	26	Create a Forging the Blackblade token.
	30-45	26	Create a Forging the Blackblade token. That card gains the Darkness Emblem.
	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.
	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
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)	9			ORI
Caves of Koilos	(2)	8			ORI
Psychic Rebuttal	(2)	6			ORI
Reave Soul		3			ORI
Disperse		4			ORI