Templar Knight
Creature — Human Knight
Vigilance
, Tap five untapped attacking creatures you control named Templar Knight: Search your library for a legendary artifact card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
A deck can have any number of cards named Templar Knight.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Assassin's Creed
- Price
- $1.27
- EDHREC rank
- #13127
Templar Knight enters with double strike and gains first strike and vigilance whenever you attack, making it a threat that snowballs combat math from the moment it hits play. The catch is a steep triple-white mana cost that locks it out of anything but mono-white or heavily white decks — but in the right shell, particularly around Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart, that cost is exactly what you want to be paying.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart
Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart rewards stacking white pips in your mana costs, and Templar Knight's triple-white casting cost is among the densest pip contributions you can put on a two-drop body — it's a core piece of the engine, not a luxury.
Dion, Bahamut's Dominant
Dion, Bahamut's Dominant cares about attacking with multiple keywords stacking up, and Templar Knight brings double strike out of the box while adding first strike and vigilance mid-combat, giving Dion triggers and a resilient attacker in one slot.
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 |
In Commander, Templar Knight is a niche but genuine role-player — it earns its slot in white pip-count commanders like Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart and any voltron or go-wide aggressive builds that want a low-curve creature with naturally stacking keywords. Legacy and Vintage are legal homes, but Templar Knight is nowhere near the power threshold those formats demand; it won't see meaningful play there. Modern is legal but the competition at two mana is brutal — this is a Commander card through and through, and that's where it belongs.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.27 cheap tier
At $1.27, Templar Knight sits comfortably in the cheap tier — low enough that it's a no-brainer include if the deck wants it, with no meaningful financial downside to testing it. Cards like this tend to stay flat unless a breakout commander spikes demand, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart
- Dion, Bahamut's Dominant
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.