Knight of the White Orchid
Shards of Alara (ALA) #16 · Rare · Creature — Human Knight
Mana cost: {W}{W}
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.
Both guide and guard on open plain.
Power/toughness 2/2 · Illustrated by Mark Zug · Released October 3, 2008
Prices
- Nonfoil: $2.63 USD · €2.19 EUR
- Foil: $14.30 USD · €5.75 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.19 USD (7.8%) to $2.63 USD; low $2.44 USD, high $2.63 USD.
Printings
- Secret Lair Drop #7139 (SLD) · Rare · 2026 · $0.86 USD foil
- Pioneer Masters #21 (PIO) · Rare · 2024
- March of the Machine Commander #193 (MOC) · Rare · 2023 · $3.99 USD
- Secret Lair Drop #1045 (SLD) · Rare · 2022 · $12.53 USD
- Crimson Vow Commander #92 (VOC) · Rare · 2021 · $1.99 USD
- Midnight Hunt Commander #88 (MIC) · Rare · 2021 · $1.78 USD
- Commander 2021 #95 (C21) · Rare · 2021 · $3.06 USD
- Commander 2020 #93 (C20) · Rare · 2020 · $2.42 USD
- Magic Origins #21 (ORI) · Rare · 2015 · $1.58 USD
- Magic Origins Promos #21s (PORI) · Rare · 2015 · $14.89 USD foil
- Duel Decks: Knights vs. Dragons #6 (DDG) · Rare · 2011 · $2.09 USD
- Shards of Alara #16 (this printing) · Rare · 2008 · $2.63 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2008-10-01 · wotc — 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.
- 2015-06-22 · wotc — The Plains you search for doesn't have to be basic. For example, you could put a Sacred Foundry onto the battlefield.
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