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.

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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$121.68 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.

Art by Lie Setiawan

Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale

Legendary Creature — Human Knight

{3}{R}{W}{B}$3.00

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Art by Kevin Glint

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

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

{3}{W}$0.76

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Art by Mark Zug

Haakon, Stromgald Scourge

Legendary Creature — Zombie Knight

{1}{B}{B}$0.72

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Art by Simon Dominic

Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir

Legendary Creature — Human Knight

{1}{W}{U}{B}$0.59

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Art by Randy Vargas

Elenda and Azor

Legendary Creature — Vampire Knight Sphinx

{3}{W}{U}{B}$0.50

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Art by Craig Elliott

Éowyn, Shieldmaiden

Legendary Creature — Human Knight

{2}{U}{R}{W}$0.39

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Art by Vilhelmas Banys

Haytham Kenway

Legendary Creature — Human Knight

{2}{W}{U}$0.33

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Art by Grzegorz Rutkowski

Aryel, Knight of Windgrace

Legendary Creature — Human Knight

{2}{W}{B}$0.29

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Art by Tyler Jacobson

Josu Vess, Lich Knight

Legendary Creature — Zombie Knight

{2}{B}{B}$0.16

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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

{1}{W}

Enchantment

$14.13Buy on Mana Pool

Court of Embereth

{2}{R}{R}

Enchantment

$5.92Buy on Mana Pool

Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty

{3}{W}{W} // {1}{W}

Enchantment // Instant — Adventure

$5.79Buy on Mana Pool

Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant

{5}{B}{R}

Legendary Creature — Dragon Skeleton

$4.18Buy on Mana Pool

Forth Eorlingas!

{X}{R}{W}

Sorcery

$3.68Buy on Mana Pool

Sorin, Grim Nemesis

{4}{W}{B}

Legendary Planeswalker — Sorin

$2.60Buy on Mana Pool

Militant Angel

{3}{W}{W}

Creature — Angel

$1.40Buy on Mana Pool

Invasion of New Phyrexia // Teferi Akosa of Zhalfir

{X}{W}{U}

Battle — Siege // Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi

$1.24Buy on Mana Pool

The Council of Four

{3}{W}{U}

Legendary Creature — Human Noble

$1.02Buy on Mana Pool

History of Benalia

{1}{W}{W}

Enchantment — Saga

$0.90Buy on Mana Pool

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.

Under a dollar

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

Vodalian Knights

{1}{U}{U}

Creature — Merfolk Knight

$0.98Buy on Mana Pool

Glen Elendra Liege

{1}{U/B}{U/B}{U/B}

Creature — Faerie Knight

$0.94Buy on Mana Pool

Sworn Defender

{2}{W}{W}

Creature — Human Knight

$0.81Buy on Mana Pool

Alaborn Veteran

{2}{W}

Creature — Human Knight

$0.79Buy on Mana Pool

Guardian of Faith

{1}{W}{W}

Creature — Spirit Knight

$0.73Buy on Mana Pool

Stromgald Cabal

{1}{B}{B}

Creature — Human Knight

$0.69Buy on Mana Pool

Student of Warfare

{W}

Creature — Human Knight

$0.67Buy on Mana Pool

Order of the Sacred Torch

{1}{W}{W}

Creature — Human Knight

$0.67Buy on Mana Pool

Marauding Knight

{2}{B}{B}

Creature — Phyrexian Zombie Knight

$0.66Buy on Mana Pool

Puresteel Paladin

{W}{W}

Creature — Human Knight

$0.64Buy on Mana Pool

Knight of New Alara

{2}{G}{W}

Creature — Human Knight

$0.61Buy on Mana Pool

Boartusk Liege

{1}{R/G}{R/G}{R/G}

Creature — Goblin Knight

$0.61Buy on Mana Pool

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