Lim-Dûl's Paladin
Creature — Human Knight
Trample
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may discard a card. If you don't, sacrifice this creature and draw a card.
Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +6/+3 until end of turn.
Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, it assigns no combat damage this turn and defending player loses 4 life.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Alliances
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #27954
Lim-Dûl's Paladin enters as a 0/0 and grows by exiling cards from your graveyard — it can become a massive trampling threat for just two mana, but the cost is real: every counter you add is a card permanently removed from your graveyard. Run it when the payoff outweighs that resource drain, skip it when your deck cares about what's in the bin.
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 |
In Commander, Lim-Dûl's Paladin occupies a narrow but real niche in decks that want a cheap, scalable beater and treat the graveyard as disposable fuel — think Dimir or Grixis discard builds that flood the yard intentionally and don't need it for recursion. Legacy and Vintage have access to it but have no reason to run it; faster, cleaner threats crowd it out entirely. The card is not legal in Modern, Pioneer, Standard, or Pauper, so Commander and Oathbreaker are the only realistic homes, and Oathbreaker's compressed game length suits its all-in growth plan better than most.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Lim-Dûl's Paladin is deep bulk — you're picking this out of a dollar bin, not tracking it on a buylist. Niche graveyard-synergy demand keeps a low ceiling on any price movement, so treat it as a free include if it fits your build.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.