Forsworn Paladin
Creature — Human Knight
Menace
, 
, Pay 1 life: Create a Treasure token.
: Target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn. If mana from a Treasure was spent to activate this ability, that creature also gains deathtouch until end of turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
- Price
- $0.33
- EDHREC rank
- #8394
Forsworn Paladin enters tapped, but the value proposition is immediate: it makes a Treasure on arrival and can pump itself or another Knight by paying life to add black mana, turning that Treasure into a threat the turn you play it. The life-payment ceiling is capped by your own total, so the ceiling is real — but in Knight-tribal shells led by Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir or recursion engines like Haakon, Stromgald Scourge, the combination of artifact generation, mana flexibility, and on-type synergy makes it a clean include.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir
Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir cares about Knights entering the battlefield, and Forsworn Paladin delivers twice — once on entry with the Treasure and again whenever you sink mana into its activated ability to push a Knight past a blocker.
Rev, Tithe Extractor
Rev, Tithe Extractor rewards artifact production and sacrifice, and Forsworn Paladin feeds that engine directly by generating a Treasure on entry that Rev can immediately exploit for value.
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, Forsworn Paladin earns its slot specifically in Knight-tribal or artifact-sacrifice builds — outside those two niches, a 1/1 with a life-payment ceiling is too narrow for a 100-card singleton format. Modern and Pioneer have the tools to make black aggressive Knights viable, but the enter-tapped clause is a real cost in powered formats where tempo decides games. Legacy and Vintage won't touch it; the card simply doesn't clear the power bar those formats set. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander in this regard — synergy-dependent, playable in the right shell, ignorable everywhere else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Haakon, Stromgald ScourgePhyrexian AltarForsworn Paladin
Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.33 bulk tier
At $0.33, Forsworn Paladin is pure bulk, and the price reflects its narrow demand — it moves only when someone is actively building Knights or artifact sacrifice. Bulk rares rarely spike without a reprint or a new commander that breaks the synergy open, so expect it to stay in this tier unless a high-profile Knight commander pulls it into the mainstream.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Haakon, Stromgald Scourge
- Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir
- Rev, Tithe Extractor
- Phyrexian Altar
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.