Knight of the Last Breath

Creature — Giant Knight

{3}, 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
{5}{W}{B}
Color identity
BW
Rarity
uncommon
Set
March of the Machine Commander
Price
$0.24
EDHREC rank
#22210
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Knight of the Last Breath card art
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

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

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

Price Context

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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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.