Knights · Commander / EDH

Knight Commander Decks

Cheap aggressive bodies with first strike and a deep equipment package. Knights are the closest thing Commander has to a functional weenie deck.

497legal knights
88can lead a deck
62cards that name knights
$0.22median card price

Ready-built list

Knight Aggro — First Strike and Steel

Overwhelm opponents with low-mana Knights, pump them with Knight lords and anthem equipment, then utilize Aryel's abilities to clear blockers and finish off players with direct drain or evasive damage.

100 cards$106.46 totallegality-checked
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Commanders that care about knights

Legendary knights whose rules text actually names the creature type — these reward building around the tribe, rather than just belonging to it. Ordered by current market price, which is the closest thing to a popularity signal we can honestly compute.

Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale art

Art by Lie Setiawan

Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale

Legendary Creature — Human Knight

3RWB$2.81
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Elenda and Azor art

Art by Randy Vargas

Elenda and Azor

Legendary Creature — Vampire Knight Sphinx

3WUB$0.83
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Haakon, Stromgald Scourge art

Art by Mark Zug

Haakon, Stromgald Scourge

Legendary Creature — Zombie Knight

1BB$0.73
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Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir art

Art by Simon Dominic

Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir

Legendary Creature — Human Knight

1WUB$0.57
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Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light art

Art by Kevin Glint

Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light

Legendary Creature — Human Noble Knight // Legendary Enchantment Creature — Saga Dragon

3W$0.56
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Éowyn, Shieldmaiden art

Art by Craig Elliott

Éowyn, Shieldmaiden

Legendary Creature — Human Knight

2URW$0.30
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Haytham Kenway art

Art by Vilhelmas Banys

Haytham Kenway

Legendary Creature — Human Knight

2WU$0.30
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Aryel, Knight of Windgrace art

Art by Grzegorz Rutkowski

Aryel, Knight of Windgrace

Legendary Creature — Human Knight

2WB$0.24
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Josu Vess, Lich Knight art

Art by Tyler Jacobson

Josu Vess, Lich Knight

Legendary Creature — Zombie Knight

2BB$0.20
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The knight support package

Cards that are not knights themselves but name them in their rules text — the lords, anthems, tutors and payoffs that turn a pile of creatures into a deck. 62 of them are legal in Commander.

Chivalric Alliance

Chivalric Alliance

1W

Enchantment

Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty

Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty

3WW // 1W

Enchantment // Instant — Adventure

Sorin, Grim Nemesis

Sorin, Grim Nemesis

4WB

Legendary Planeswalker — Sorin

Forth Eorlingas!

Forth Eorlingas!

XRW

Sorcery

Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant

Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant

5BR

Legendary Creature — Dragon Skeleton

Court of Embereth

Court of Embereth

2RR

Enchantment

The Council of Four

The Council of Four

3WU

Legendary Creature — Human Noble

Militant Angel

Militant Angel

3WW

Creature — Angel

History of Benalia

History of Benalia

1WW

Enchantment — Saga

Invasion of New Phyrexia // Teferi Akosa of Zhalfir

Invasion of New Phyrexia // Teferi Akosa of Zhalfir

XWU

Battle — Siege // Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi

Where knights live

Color identity of every legal knight in the format. This is what decides your commander's colors before you pick a single card.

W White209 (42%)
B Black73 (14%)
R Red52 (10%)
G,W Green/White27 (5%)
B,W Black/White25 (5%)
R,W Red/White21 (4%)

Under a dollar

Playable knights currently under $1 — the cheap end of the pool, priced from the least expensive real printing.

Ringwraiths

Ringwraiths

4BB

Creature — Wraith Knight

Stromgald Cabal

Stromgald Cabal

1BB

Creature — Human Knight

Hero of Bladehold

Hero of Bladehold

2WW

Creature — Human Knight

Order of the Sacred Torch

Order of the Sacred Torch

1WW

Creature — Human Knight

Alaborn Veteran

Alaborn Veteran

2W

Creature — Human Knight

Student of Warfare

Student of Warfare

W

Creature — Human Knight

Marauding Knight

Marauding Knight

2BB

Creature — Phyrexian Zombie Knight

Guardian of Faith

Guardian of Faith

1WW

Creature — Spirit Knight

Zhalfirin Crusader

Zhalfirin Crusader

1WW

Creature — Human Knight

Silverblade Paladin

Silverblade Paladin

1WW

Creature — Human Knight

Werefox Bodyguard

Werefox Bodyguard

1WW

Creature — Elf Fox Knight

Knight of New Alara

Knight of New Alara

2GW

Creature — Human Knight

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