Benalish Marshal
Creature — Human Knight
Other creatures you control get +1/+1.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Dominaria Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #7461
Benalish Marshal puts a global +1/+1 anthem on the board the turn it enters — every creature you control gets bigger, immediately. The catch is a triple-white mana cost that locks it out of any deck not running near-mono-white; Dion, Bahamut's Dominant lists pay that price happily, and so should any white tokens or go-wide build that can.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Dion, Bahamut's Dominant
Dion, Bahamut's Dominant generates a wide board of creatures that all scale off anthem effects, and Benalish Marshal's global +1/+1 is exactly the kind of payoff that turns a swarm of tokens into a lethal combat step.
Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart
Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart rewards running a high density of white permanents, and Benalish Marshal slots in as both a tribal anthem and a white-pip-heavy card that deepens that count efficiently.
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar naturally floods the board with Human tokens on every attack, and Benalish Marshal turns those tokens from chip-damage nuisances into genuine threats.
Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir
Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir wants a critical mass of Knights attacking together, and Benalish Marshal pumps every Knight in the party while contributing another body to the tribal count.
Odric, Lunarch Marshal
Odric, Lunarch Marshal distributes keyword abilities across the board at the start of combat, so pairing him with Benalish Marshal means that same board is also bigger — anthem and keyword soup stack cleanly.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Benalish Marshal is a staple for mono-white and near-mono-white go-wide strategies — the triple-white cost is a non-issue when your mana base is built around it, and a persistent global anthem on a 3/3 body for three mana is strong rate. In Modern and Pioneer, it sees play in aggressive white weenie lists where it closes games alongside other lord effects, though the mana cost makes it a liability in any shell splashing a second color. Legacy has cheaper or more powerful anthem options competing for the same slot, so Benalish Marshal shows up there only in dedicated white weenie lists that want redundancy. It's not legal in Standard or Pauper.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data isn't available right now for Benalish Marshal, so check Scryfall or your preferred vendor for the current market price. It's a staple in white weenie and tokens builds across multiple formats, which tends to keep demand steady.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Dion, Bahamut's Dominant
- Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart
- Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
- Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir
- Odric, Lunarch Marshal
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.