Knight of Stromgald
Creature — Human Knight
Protection from white
: This creature gains first strike until end of turn.: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Pro Tour Collector Set
- Price
- $1.49
- EDHREC rank
- #25736
Knight of Stromgald is a 2/2 pro-white first striker for two mana — solid stats with a relevant protection ability in formats where white removal dominates. The ceiling is low, but the floor is exactly what it says on the card.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Knight of Stromgald is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and nowhere else. In Commander it shows up almost exclusively in mono-black or black-heavy aggro builds — Rakdos or Orzhov knight tribal being the most natural homes — where protection from white blocks the most common removal suite at your table. Legacy and Vintage have long since left it behind; the two-mana slot in those formats demands far more than a 2/2 with a conditional protection ability. In Oathbreaker it's the same story as Commander, just with a tighter card count that makes the slot competition fiercer.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.49 cheap tier
At $1.49, Knight of Stromgald sits in the bulk-rare-adjacent tier — cheap enough to throw into any knight or mono-black aggro build without a second thought. The price is stable; there's no spike catalyst on the horizon for a card this narrow.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.