Lightwielder Paladin

In Commander, Lightwielder Paladin finds its home in white aggro and lifegain builds where grinding out black and red opponents is a real game plan — the exile rider punishes sacrifice and aristocrats strategies that lean on recursive threats. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; five mana for a vanilla-ish creature in formats defined by turn-one and turn-two interaction is unplayable. Modern is theoretically legal but the competition at five mana — and the narrowness of the triggered ability against a field that runs every color — makes it a fringe consideration at best. Commander is the only format where Lightwielder Paladin earns a genuine look, and even there it's a meta call against tables running Rakdos or Grixis.