Blood Knight
Creature — Human Knight
First strike, protection from white
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Planar Chaos
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #23609
Blood Knight is a 2/2 first strike, protection from white for two mana — a clean, aggressive rate that trades up against white creatures and laughs at Path to Exile. The protection clause is the whole game: it locks out a significant portion of Commander's most popular removal, making Blood Knight punch well above its cost in the right meta.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Legacy and Vintage, Blood Knight is a sideboard option at best — aggressive red strategies have access to better two-drops, and protection from white only matters when white decks are the target. Modern is similar: the rate is fine but not competitive in a field that long ago moved past vanilla-stat creatures. Commander is where Blood Knight finds its clearest role — mono-red or Rakdos aggro builds that want cheap creatures to pressure white-heavy tables will appreciate the built-in protection, though it remains a fringe inclusion rather than a staple. The card is legal in Oathbreaker as well, where the same logic applies at a smaller table scale.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Blood Knight is deep bulk — you'll find copies in any dollar bin without effort. The price is stable simply because demand is low; it's not a card that spikes, and there's no competitive pressure pushing it upward.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.