Venerable Knight
Creature — Human Knight
When this creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on target Knight you control.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Throne of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #18986
Venerable Knight enters as a one-mana 2/1 with lifelink and leaves a +1/+1 counter on another Knight when it dies — real stats and a death trigger on a one-drop. In any Knight tribal shell, especially under Dion, Bahamut's Dominant, that combination of keywords and on-death value is exactly what you want in the early slots.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Dion, Bahamut's Dominant
Dion, Bahamut's Dominant rewards you for fielding Knights with strong base stats and synergistic abilities, and Venerable Knight delivers both — the lifelink matters immediately and the death trigger keeps fueling your board even when opponents answer it.
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 |
In Commander, Venerable Knight earns its slot exclusively in Knight tribal builds, where the death trigger stacks counters on key threats and one-mana lifelink buys early life against aggressive tables. In Modern and Legacy, it's outclassed by faster threat density and more impactful one-drops — the floor is a 2/1 with lifelink, which doesn't move the needle in those formats. Pioneer is similarly uninterested; Knight synergy shells there have access to more powerful payoffs. Venerable Knight is a Commander card through and through, and even there it belongs only when Knights are the explicit tribe.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Venerable Knight sits firmly in bulk territory — cheap to acquire and unlikely to appreciable move in either direction given its narrow tribal niche. Pick it up without hesitation if you're building Knights; there's no financial risk here.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Dion, Bahamut's Dominant
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.