Sigiled Paladin
Creature — Human Knight
First strike
Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Shards of Alara
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #15768
Sigiled Paladin puts a first-striking, potentially pumping two-drop on the board for two mana — the kind of aggressive body that snowballs fast in exalted-heavy lists. Outside of dedicated exalted builds, it's a narrow role-player; inside them, specifically alongside Rafiq of the Many, it's exactly what the deck wants on turn two.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Rafiq of the Many
Rafiq of the Many doubles down on every exalted trigger, and Sigiled Paladin adds two of them in a single card — a two-drop that swings with first strike and a growing power boost every time you send a single attacker, which is the entire Rafiq game plan.
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 |
Sigiled Paladin is a Commander card in practice — the exalted synergy payoff simply doesn't exist in competitive 60-card formats the way it does in a curated 99. In Legacy and Vintage, a 2/2 first striker for two mana that requires stacking exalted triggers to matter is nowhere near the power level the formats demand. Modern is legal but irrelevant; no serious exalted shell has emerged there to give Sigiled Paladin a home. Commander is where it lives, specifically in Esper or Bant exalted builds where a critical mass of triggers makes the math threatening.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, Sigiled Paladin is firmly bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or cheap singles order. That price reflects real demand: it's a niche card with a real home, not a forgotten bulk rare, so it's unlikely to drift much lower.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.