Skyknight Legionnaire
Creature — Human Knight
Flying, haste
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #15276
Skyknight Legionnaire enters the battlefield swinging — a 2/2 flier with haste for three mana means it attacks the turn it lands, which is the whole appeal. It's a fine aggro body in limited and budget Boros builds, but three mana for a 2/2 is a real cost in any competitive context.
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 |
Skyknight Legionnaire is a Pauper-legal common, and that's the format where it does its best work — Boros aggro lists can use the immediate aerial pressure to close games before opponents stabilize. In Commander, it's a slot that rarely makes the cut outside dedicated go-wide or Boros aggro lists where haste and flying matter more than raw power, and even then it competes with stronger options at the same cost. Modern and Pioneer have long outpaced what Skyknight Legionnaire offers, and Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a 2/2 for three regardless of keywords.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Skyknight Legionnaire is deep bulk — you're buying it out of a bargain bin, not tracking it on a buylist. There's no financial reason to hesitate on picking up copies, and no reason to expect the price to move in any meaningful direction.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.