Mesa Cavalier
Creature — Human Knight
Flying
When this creature enters, you gain 2 life.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dominaria United
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #22421
Mesa Cavalier hits the board as a 3/3 vigilance for three mana and replaces itself with a plains or equipment when it dies — two meaningful effects stapled to a single card. It's a solid role-player in white aggro and equipment shells, nothing more.
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 |
Mesa Cavalier is a Pauper-legal common, and that's where it has the clearest home — white weenie and equipment decks in that format want the body and the death-trigger land/equipment fetch at a fair rate. In Commander, it's a fringe inclusion: the stat line is too small to threaten and the death trigger, while useful, isn't impactful enough to justify a slot over more powerful three-drops. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer have enough competition at three mana that Mesa Cavalier won't see meaningful play there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Mesa Cavalier is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing to try it. Bulk commons at this price point don't appreciate unless they spike in a competitive format, and there's no realistic path for Mesa Cavalier to do that.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.