Skyknight Vanguard
Creature — Human Knight
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token that's tapped and attacking.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.44
- EDHREC rank
- #3699
Skyknight Vanguard enters the battlefield and immediately starts producing a 1/1 flying Soldier token every time you attack — a repeating board-building engine stapled to a two-mana body. In Boros decks, especially under General Ferrous Rokiric, that rate is simply good: cheap, immediate, and snowballing.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
General Ferrous Rokiric
General Ferrous Rokiric triggers off every multicolored spell, and Skyknight Vanguard feeds the attack step with flying tokens that keep the board wide enough to protect Rokiric while swinging for lethal.
Isshin, Two Heavens as One
Isshin, Two Heavens as One doubles attack triggers, so Skyknight Vanguard produces two 1/1 flyers per combat instead of one — a compounding token engine that scales hard with any additional attack steps.
Iroas, God of Victory
Iroas, God of Victory blankets your attackers in protection and punishes blockers, which makes the steady stream of flying tokens from Skyknight Vanguard low-risk to deploy and increasingly difficult for opponents to race.
Commander Mustard
Commander Mustard rewards going wide and attacking early, and Skyknight Vanguard fills the board with evasive bodies that slot directly into that aggressive gameplan from turn two onward.
Aurelia, the Law Above
Aurelia, the Law Above rewards stacking the battlefield with attackers before the combat phase matters most, and Skyknight Vanguard's per-attack token generation means the army is already assembled by the time Aurelia's triggers start resolving.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Skyknight Vanguard earns its slot — attack-trigger decks in Boros and Mardu are common, well-supported, and hungry for two-mana cards that do something every turn. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Legacy, a 2/2 that produces a single 1/1 on attack is too slow and too fragile to matter; token strategies there demand more immediate impact or combo integration. Pioneer sits in the same boat — Skyknight Vanguard is legal but never sees play because the format's aggro and token decks have stronger options at the same cost. Oathbreaker can replicate the Commander environment closely enough that the card is playable there under the right signature spell.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.44 bulk tier
At $0.44, Skyknight Vanguard is bulk — easy to pick up in any quantity without a second thought. It's a staple in its archetypes rather than a spec target, so the price is stable and unlikely to move unless a major reprint vehicle changes supply.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.