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Creature — Human Knight
LegalRank #617
First strike
When this creature enters, if an opponent controls more lands than you, you may search your library for a Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
2/2
KeywordsFirst strike
Why is this card good?
Why it's good: Knight of the White Orchid is one of white's best ramp pieces, and that's not nothing in a color starved for catch-up. A 2/2 first striker for that puts a Plains onto the battlefield (untapped!) is excellent rate — it ramps and fixes while leaving a relevant body. In multiplayer, you're almost always behind on lands, so the trigger reliably fires, sometimes on subsequent plays if you bounce or reanimate it.
Who wants it: Mono-white and white-heavy decks craving ramp — Stax/control shells, white aggro, and anything leaning on basics. It's especially good with blink/recursion to repeat the search, and it ramps "off-color" toward your other land drop. The first strike body matters in low-power tables.
When not to play it: Three-or-more color decks that need duals/shocks rather than Plains get less mileage. And if you're the deck ahead on lands (or running few basics), the trigger whiffs — it becomes a vanilla bear.
that puts a Plains onto the battlefield (untapped!) is excellent rate — it ramps and fixes while leaving a relevant body. In multiplayer, you're almost always behind on lands, so the trigger reliably fires, sometimes on subsequent plays if you bounce or reanimate it.
Who wants it: Mono-white and white-heavy decks craving ramp — Stax/control shells, white aggro, and anything leaning on basics. It's especially good with blink/recursion to repeat the search, and it ramps "off-color" toward your other land drop. The first strike body matters in low-power tables.
When not to play it: Three-or-more color decks that need duals/shocks rather than Plains get less mileage. And if you're the deck ahead on lands (or running few basics), the trigger whiffs — it becomes a vanilla bear.Related cards
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Printings (10)
Played by these commanders
Millicent, Restless Revenant100% of 1
Leinore, Autumn Sovereign100% of 1
Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir100% of 1
Breena, the Demagogue100% of 1
Jirina Kudro100% of 1
Rulings (2)
- 2015-06-22
The Plains you search for doesn't have to be basic. For example, you could put a Sacred Foundry onto the battlefield.
- 2008-10-01
Knight of the White Orchid's triggered ability has an “intervening ‘if' clause.” That means (1) the ability won't trigger at all unless any one of your opponents controls more lands than you, and (2) the ability will do nothing if you control at least as many lands as each of your opponents by the time it resolves.