Gallant Fowlknight
Creature — Kithkin Knight
When this creature enters, creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn. Kithkin creatures you control also gain first strike until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #20443
Gallant Fowlknight puts a 2/2 vigilance flyer on the board for two mana and immediately replaces itself with a card draw trigger — that's the baseline rate for a role-player, not a build-around. Outside of Brigid, Clachan's Heart, where the Knight synergy matters, it's a fine filler piece and nothing more.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Brigid, Clachan's Heart
Brigid, Clachan's Heart cares about Knights, and Gallant Fowlknight checks the type while drawing a card on entry — cheap curve filler that keeps the Knight count high and replaces itself so you're not losing gas to run it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Gallant Fowlknight earns its slot only in dedicated Knight tribal builds; everywhere else a two-mana 2/2 with upside gets outclassed by the 99-card pool fast. In constructed formats like Standard and Pioneer, it's a serviceable low-drop that cantrips, which is enough to see fringe play in aggressive Knight shells but not enough to anchor a list. Pauper is where Gallant Fowlknight has the most room to breathe — the card-draw trigger on a flying body is a real rate at common, and tempo-oriented white decks can use the cantrip to stay ahead. Modern and Legacy have long since left this power level behind.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Gallant Fowlknight is bulk — acquire it out of a commons box and don't think twice about the cost. Bulk commons don't appreciate, so there's no hold-value case here; you're just paying for cardboard and convenience.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Brigid, Clachan's Heart
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.