Knight Watch
Sorcery
Create two 2/2 white Knight creature tokens with vigilance.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Gatecrash
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #24776
Knight Watch puts two 2/2 vigilance Knights onto the battlefield for five mana — a token doubler away from being respectable, an empty board state away from being irrelevant. Five mana for two 2/2s is below rate in every competitive context, so this card lives or dies by synergy.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Knight Watch is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but the only format where it realistically sees play is Pauper, where token density at common is scarcer and vigilance has genuine defensive value. In Commander, five mana for two bodies is too low-impact unless the deck is built around Knight tribal or token doubling effects like Mondrak, Glory Dominus or Anointed Procession. Competitive formats like Legacy and Vintage don't glance at Knight Watch — the rate is embarrassing next to what those formats produce on turn one. It's a casual Commander and Pauper card, full stop.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Knight Watch is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. Don't expect that floor to move; cards at this rate stay there unless a future tribal or token synergy pushes unexpected demand.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.