? ? ? ? ? Uuuu... something doesn't make sense here, Dakkon's colors indicate that he should be coldly logical and controlling, but his flavor text and abilities make him seem like someone of a naya-colored nature. His flavor text shows that he is extremely devoted to the land and is strengthened by it; that doesn't seem like someone of the Esper colors though. Perhaps I am being slightly too judgemental, since I have not read any ofthe stories that contain Dakkon. If anyone who reads this comment has any potential answer to this problem, then please feel free to respond.
GrimGorgonBC
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(9 votes)
This card is an esper nightmare, from legends....i want one.
I think probably the coolest thing about him is UNLIKE Nightmare his power and toughness doesn't require basic lands, just lands in general :D
Kryptnyt
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(6 votes)
@SavageBrain89: Just look at him. He looks like he's made of coral, covered in swampy goo, and may have once been a knight of some renown. Therefore White Blue Black.
nibelheim_valesti
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(11 votes)
@SavageBrain89: Also there's the fact that Dakkon was turning the land to his will for well over a decade before this puny "Es-per" you speak of was introduced to the game.
The meanings of the colours were defined and pinned down much more rigidly in that 14 year period, as were the ways they're allowed to be expressed in cardstock. Dakkon laughs at your "color pie" and quite possibly crushes it underfoot.
My point is he's from the old days of Magic when random new ideas were still being tested out and explored. Maybe if things had gone differently he'd seem like the template for many cards that followed. As it is, he's indeed pretty much one of a kind.
Test-Subject_217601
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
@SavageBrain89: You're overthinking this.
achilleselbow
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
Nah, SavageBrain is right - if he were printed now he'd definitely be in Naya colors, or possibly Jund. To have a three-color creature that draws strength from the land but is not even part green would be sacrilege. But as everyone else has said, back in those days the "color pie" was more of a loose guideline than a straitjacket. Personally, I think that made for more interesting deckbuilding options, but ah well.
Zulp
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
A surprisingly fine card from Legends. His ability could stand for a reprint in Zendikar, maybe. I agree with the comments that his abilities may not necessarily match his colors, but considering he's one of the first to have this color plan, I think some leeway can be given.
Edit: Well, so much for that. Still, it's a good card from a not-so-good set.
Teotanek
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0)(14 votes)
Stop that bant, jund, esper thing, color pies should not be based in one set, besides it's a fifthteen years old card, why should legends follow any kind of pie or whatever Alara has. Anyway, Ferguson's art is great.
justicarphaeton
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(4 votes)
Agreed, his ability is colour-weird for today's standards. and I can think of *other* 6/6's for 6cc that were printed in m11 that also have relevant abilties. Still, a cl@ssic card with great art.
Bandswithother
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(8 votes)
We reference the Alara pie slices because its a mouthful to say he's a white blue black legend who should be a black red green legend or any other time we want to reference three ally colors. Between players who know the differences between sets this is fine, but it should obviously be avoided with new players.
Context is important here, because he is Esper in color, but wholly unique in flavor.
Dakkon is one of my oldest and most mysterious cards. Mysterious because I have no idea where I got him from. I'm finally getting around to making an EDH deck around him with tactical control and beat down.
gasimakos1
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(4 votes)
combos with armageddon
AngelPhoenix
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
My favorite multicolored creature ever. Best flavor text ever. Run him in a Blue/Black/White artifact deck I made from the Alara Block. He's the only non-alara card in their. Just couldn't resist, and when he drops, he usually drops around 9/9 and then I stick a Sword of Vengence on him and good times are had.
Nagoragama
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0)(8 votes)
Magic pet peeve: Referring to three color combinations as their Alara shard out of the context of the Alara block. Esper is WUB, WUB is not Esper.
Crag-Hack
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Hmm, his flavor texts suggests that he should be R/W/U. I guess something got lost in translation. I like him more in esper though.
Henrietta
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
Nagoragama, those names were created so that players would have something to refer to the colour combination by. Same for the Ravnica guilds.
Curious_Homarid
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
One of the best Legendary creature from the Legends set. Interesting, yet underpowered while compared to his successor, Korlash, Heir to Blackblade.
Lateralis0ne
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
@SavageBrain89
Don't make that mistake. The color pie does not follow Alara; Alara follows the color pie, and even then, the color pie has changed a lot over the years. This is what it was; and it's good, for what it is. Alara has nothing to do with how cards were made 15 years ago, and rightly shouldn't. Again, don't make the mistake most new players do. It's not very becoming.
SarcasmElemental
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
My favorite card. My best friend in fourth grade gave me his but not before he used it to stomp me day in and day out. Richard Kane Ferguson should draw every card.
i cant believe people are debating his color scheme with modern era cards bottom line:Dakkon kicks ass and is way better than korlash a mere heir to his epic blade and name
snickerpuss
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
His flavor text leads me to believe his colors should be white (vast as plains), red (strength of mountains), and blue (waves crashing). Don't get me wrong, cool card, and I guess "strength of swamp" would not be as BA as strength of mmfing mountains.
ThinkOriginal
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I can just imagine the earth splitting and rising up with an upward swing of Dakkon's sword; a mighty deluge, manifesting from the sky, crashing down with a downward stroke. His enemies, when struck with Dakkon's sword, are not sliced in twain; rather, the absolute force of his swing obliterates them completely upon impact. Whenever I read the flavor text for Command Tower, I look at Dakkon and say to myself, "Yes, I would follow that man. I'd follow him to Hell and face it's endless demon-hordes until the ends of eternity, should he only ask it of me."
Dakkon Blackblade is so awesome. An innocuous general who won't make anyone target you immediately. The best part about him is that he just keeps getting bigger. I actually want to draw land late game with Dakkon at the helm.
ShiroRX
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Favorite magic card of all time. From the days when I was in grade school. Getting back into the game these days, perhaps its time to make a Dakkon Commander deck.
MtheRed
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is one of my power house cards in my control deck. Spend the first half of the game unsummon-ing and memory lapse-ing my opponents till they have nothing and I have all the power, then drop him onto the battlefield and watch your opponent cry.
EDHDeckbuilder
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A great old-school EDH general for the modern game. He doesn't have a huge board-affecting ability, so others tend to ignore him. And yet you can cast him mid-game and he's HUGE. Let him draw all the removal they want; land destruction isn't really a heavily-played thing, so you can just pop him back out. And he doesn't necessarily point your deck in any given direction, but WUB gives you so many options, he becomes more like a secondary Commander-damage win-condition. Pair with Rogue's Passage, and then point your deck in whatever direction you want. I have an infect/life-gain deck that I use him for, and I treat them as two separate entities. My deck sets up poisoning you, spreading -1/-1 counters like they're candy on Halloween, and gaining life for a potential win(play-testing Felidar Sovereign adjusted to an 80-life win right now), and Dakkon is in the middle of it all, a gigantic beast(largest I recall ever having him for more than a turn was 14/14) threatening the board and sneaking some damage through with Rogue's Passage. Might not be the most competitive way to go, but it sure is a ton of fun.
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The meanings of the colours were defined and pinned down much more rigidly in that 14 year period, as were the ways they're allowed to be expressed in cardstock. Dakkon laughs at your "color pie" and quite possibly crushes it underfoot.
My point is he's from the old days of Magic when random new ideas were still being tested out and explored. Maybe if things had gone differently he'd seem like the template for many cards that followed. As it is, he's indeed pretty much one of a kind.
Edit: Well, so much for that. Still, it's a good card from a not-so-good set.
Context is important here, because he is Esper in color, but wholly unique in flavor.
Dakkon is one of my oldest and most mysterious cards. Mysterious because I have no idea where I got him from. I'm finally getting around to making an EDH deck around him with tactical control and beat down.
Don't make that mistake. The color pie does not follow Alara; Alara follows the color pie, and even then, the color pie has changed a lot over the years. This is what it was; and it's good, for what it is. Alara has nothing to do with how cards were made 15 years ago, and rightly shouldn't. Again, don't make the mistake most new players do. It's not very becoming.
Dakkon Blackblade is so awesome. An innocuous general who won't make anyone target you immediately. The best part about him is that he just keeps getting bigger. I actually want to draw land late game with Dakkon at the helm.