Knight of Malice
Creature — Human Knight
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
Hexproof from white (This creature can't be the target of white spells or abilities your opponents control.)
This creature gets +1/+0 as long as any player controls a white permanent.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Foundations
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #17469
Knight of Malice is a two-mana 2/2 first striker with protection from white — relevant keywords, relevant cost, no setup required. It's a fine curve-filler in black Knight tribal or white-heavy metas, and nothing more than that.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Knight of Malice earns its slot almost exclusively in Knight tribal builds, where lords and synergy pieces make the first strike and protection from white meaningfully disruptive. Outside tribal, a 2/2 for two is too small to matter in a 40-life format. In Modern and Pioneer, the protection from white is the whole pitch — it blanks Path to Exile, Swords to Plowshares equivalents, and blocks white creatures cleanly — but the power floor is too low to compete for a slot in any established shell. Legacy offers the same story: Knight of Malice is theoretically immune to a wide swath of white removal, but there are simply better two-drops.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Knight of Malice is deep bulk — you'll find it in a dollar box before you bother ordering it. Bulk rares rarely move unless a tribal synergy card pushes them, so don't expect this to appreciate.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.