At Knifepoint
Enchantment
During your turn, outlaws you control have first strike. (Assassins, Mercenaries, Pirates, Rogues, and Warlocks are outlaws.)
Whenever you commit a crime, create a 1/1 red Mercenary creature token with "
: Target creature you control gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery." This ability triggers only once each turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #6838
At Knifepoint turns every Outlaw you control into a removal trigger — opponents either chump or lose creatures every time you swing. Laughing Jasper Flint is the obvious home, but any deck that floods the board with Assassins, Mercenaries, Pirates, Rogues, or Warlocks will find this enchantment pulling serious weight for three mana.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Laughing Jasper Flint
At Knifepoint is a near-auto-include in Laughing Jasper Flint decks because Jasper already wants a critical mass of Outlaws attacking — the enchantment converts that mass attack into a board-clear machine, forcing blocks that accelerate Jasper's own ping triggers.
Marchesa, Dealer of Death
Marchesa, Dealer of Death incentivizes wide Outlaw attacks for her vote-drain engine, and At Knifepoint layers forced-block removal on top of that pressure, making every swing a two-pronged threat that drains and destroys simultaneously.
Olivia, Opulent Outlaw
Olivia, Opulent Outlaw rewards attacking with Outlaws by stacking Treasure and +1/+1 counters, and At Knifepoint maximizes the damage of those swings by forcing opponents to sacrifice creatures or fall further behind on board.
Kelsien, the Plague
Kelsien, the Plague wants creatures to die so he can collect experience counters, and At Knifepoint manufactures those deaths by forcing opponent blocks — it's a support role here rather than a centerpiece, but the synergy is real.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
At Knifepoint is legal across every major Constructed format, but it's essentially a Commander card — the Outlaw tribal payoff requires a critical mass of creature types that only a 100-card singleton deck reliably assembles. In Standard and Pioneer, dedicated Outlaw builds exist, but At Knifepoint's enchantment speed and lack of immediate impact make it too slow for competitive aggro lists that prefer faster closes. Modern and Legacy have zero interest; the card does nothing those formats can't ignore at instant speed. Commander is where it lives, specifically inside Outlaw-tribal shells where opponents are forced to chump or lose creatures every combat step.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, At Knifepoint sits squarely in bulk territory — cheap enough to throw into every Outlaw build without a second thought. Bulk rares with narrow tribal applications rarely climb unless a new commander pushes the archetype into the mainstream, so treat this as a stable, low-cost pickup rather than a card to speculate on.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.