Order of the White Shield
Creature — Human Knight
Protection from black
: This creature gains first strike until end of turn.: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Masters Edition II
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #26797
Order of the White Shield is a 2/1 first striker with a pump ability that never quite justifies the mana investment — a fine Limited card that aged out of Constructed relevance decades ago. The statline and protection mechanic are too modest to compete at any table where removal is real.
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 |
Order of the White Shield is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, white has access to far more impactful two-drop creatures, and a 2/1 first striker with an activated pump isn't moving the needle in a 40-life format. Legacy and Vintage have never wanted it — the efficiency bar in those formats starts higher than Order of the White Shield can reach. It's a historical curiosity more than a practical inclusion anywhere.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Order of the White Shield isn't available in the current market snapshot — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current listings. Given its minimal competitive demand, copies tend to sit in bulk or near-bulk territory.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.