Riftmarked Knight
Creature — Human Rebel Knight
Protection from black; flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.)
Suspend 3—
When the last time counter is removed from this card while it's exiled, create a 2/2 black Knight creature token with flanking, protection from white, and haste.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Planar Chaos
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #21615
Riftmarked Knight enters as a 2/2 protection from black and white, then suspends a free 2/2 knight token with flanking and both protections — two bodies for three mana, staggered across turns. The delayed payoff keeps it out of aggro and combo, but in slower formats where the suspend trigger actually resolves, it punches above its cost.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Riftmarked Knight is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees meaningful play in almost none of them. In Commander, white-based knight tribal builds led by commanders like Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale occasionally slot it for the double body and protection suite, but the three-turn suspend delay is a liability in a format where games end fast. Legacy and Vintage have the card pool to do far more broken things on turn three, so Riftmarked Knight is functionally absent there. Modern knight synergy decks exist on the fringes, but the suspend mechanic is too slow for that format's tempo demands.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Riftmarked Knight is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a commons box without blinking. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to move unless a knight commander breaks into the mainstream spotlight.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.