Knight of the Last Breath
Creature — Giant Knight
, Sacrifice another nontoken creature: Create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying.
Afterlife 3 (When this creature dies, create three 1/1 white and black Spirit creature tokens with flying.)
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- March of the Machine Commander
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #22210
Knight of the Last Breath hits the board as a 3/3 that manufactures 1/1 tokens whenever a nontoken creature you control dies — free fodder generation stapled to a body. The cost is real: seven mana is a lot to ask, and without a combo shell like Nim Deathmantle to loop it, the rate doesn't justify the slot in most lists.
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 |
Knight of the Last Breath is Commander's natural habitat — seven mana is acceptable in a format with Sol Ring and Cultivate, and aristocrats or sacrifice loops give the death-trigger real legs. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern or Legacy, it never sees play; the rate is simply too slow for a format where games end on turn four. Pioneer is the same story: the token generation is fine in theory, but nothing in that format wants to spend seven mana on a 3/3 without an immediate board impact. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's dynamics closely enough that the same shell evaluation applies — if you're running a sacrifice-themed signature spell, Knight of the Last Breath can pull weight.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card



Nim DeathmantleAshnod's AltarKnight of the Last Breath
Infinite colorless mana; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Nim DeathmantlePhyrexian AltarKnight of the Last Breath
Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Knight of the Last Breath is deep bulk — easy to pick up in any collection trade or throw into a cart as a cheap aristocrats piece. Bulk rares with niche combo applications tend to stay in this range unless a breakout deck drags them up, so don't expect movement.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.