East-Mark Cavalier
Creature — Human Knight
Vigilance
Whenever this creature deals damage to a Goblin or Orc, destroy that creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #23679
East-Mark Cavalier enters with first strike and lifelink already active — no setup required, just a 3/3 that punishes attackers and pads your life total the turn it lands. Four mana for that stat line is fair, not exciting, and the ceiling stays low unless your deck specifically cares about Knights or white creature synergies.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
East-Mark Cavalier is a fringe role-player in Commander, best slotted into Knight tribal builds or lifegain-matters shells where the lifelink triggers something beyond incidental padding. In Pauper, the combination of first strike and lifelink on a common is genuinely relevant — it trades up in combat and generates real advantage against aggressive strategies. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a four-mana 3/3 regardless of keywords. The card's home is budget Commander lists that need a defensive body to stabilize the board.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, East-Mark Cavalier sits firmly in bulk territory — you're not paying for power, you're paying for a slot. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price rarely move unless a synergy card pushes them into demand, and nothing on the horizon does that for East-Mark Cavalier.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.