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Danitha, Benalia's Hope

Legendary Creature — Human Knight

First strike, vigilance, lifelink
When Danitha enters, you may put an Aura or Equipment card from your hand or graveyard onto the battlefield attached to Danitha.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{4}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
rare
Set
Dominaria United Promos
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#4402
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Danitha, Benalia's Hope card art
Danitha, Benalia's Hope hits the table and immediately puts an Aura or Equipment from your hand and your graveyard directly onto her — two free attachments the turn she lands. The cost is five mana for a 3/4 with first strike, vigilance, and lifelink, which is a lot to ask, but she pairs with sacrifice outlets like Altar of Dementia to generate graveyard value on demand, and in Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale shells she slots in as one of the most efficient equipment cheaters in the format.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale

Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale

57.5% of decks · synergy 0.56

Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale runs expensive equipment, and Danitha, Benalia's Hope's enters-the-battlefield effect lets her bypass equip costs entirely while wearing two pieces at once — that's exactly the kind of tempo advantage Gwyn's knight-tribal engine needs to snowball early.

02
Galea, Kindler of Hope

Galea, Kindler of Hope

21.8% of decks · synergy 0.21

Galea, Kindler of Hope already cheats Auras and Equipment from the top of the library, and Danitha, Benalia's Hope doubles down by recovering pieces from the graveyard — together they cover every zone the enchantment-equipment suite wants to exploit.

03
Bruenor Battlehammer

Bruenor Battlehammer

22.1% of decks · synergy 0.20

Bruenor Battlehammer reduces equip costs to zero for attacking creatures, and Danitha, Benalia's Hope's free attachment trigger means she can arrive fully loaded before combat even starts, giving the deck two independent cost-reduction engines.

04
Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain

Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain

19.7% of decks · synergy 0.19

Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain copies Auras and Equipment onto other attacking creatures, so landing Danitha, Benalia's Hope with two attached pieces immediately sets up a multiplied board presence the moment you declare attackers.

05
Dogmeat, Ever Loyal

Dogmeat, Ever Loyal

18.3% of decks · synergy 0.17

Dogmeat, Ever Loyal builds an Aura-and-Equipment engine out of the graveyard, and Danitha, Benalia's Hope's ability to pull one piece from the yard on entry gives the deck a redundant recursion trigger that doesn't depend on Dogmeat surviving.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Danitha, Benalia's Hope does her best work — the format's singleton structure rewards enters-the-battlefield tutoring effects, and free attachment of two permanents is a substantial enough swing to justify the five-mana investment in midrange equipment or aura strategies. In Modern and Pioneer she's legal but rarely played; five mana is slow for those formats, and the payoff depends on having specific graveyard setup that those formats don't reliably provide. Legacy and Vintage have access to her as well, but faster, more broken options make her a non-starter competitively there. She's not legal in Standard or Pauper, so Commander and the occasional casual Oathbreaker game are the practical homes.

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Price Context

Current price

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Pricing data for Danitha, Benalia's Hope isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for a current number. Given her presence in multiple popular Commander archetypes, she tends to hold moderate demand — worth picking up proactively if you're building any equipment or aura-focused white deck.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.