Silver Knight
Creature — Human Knight
First strike, protection from red
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #21812
Silver Knight is a 2/2 first strike, protection from red for two mana — a brick wall against mono-red and a persistent blocker that demands non-red removal to answer. Solid in white weenie builds, but protection from red is too narrow to justify the slot in most Commander tables.
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 Legacy and Vintage, Silver Knight occupies a niche in white weenie and hate-bear strategies where its protection from red shuts down Goblin and Burn opponents, but it competes with a deep roster of two-drops and rarely makes the cut. Commander is where Silver Knight is hardest to justify — protection from a single color is unreliable insurance at a 100-card, four-player table, and the card does nothing to advance a board state against the three opponents not on red. Oathbreaker is the most forgiving home, especially in low-power metas where a two-mana first-strike body can stabilize a race.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Silver Knight is firmly bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card with genuine play history and a clean ability. Bulk stays bulk; don't expect movement unless a format shift suddenly rewards mono-white aggro with heavy red opposition.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.