Knight Exemplar
Knight Exemplar: Creature - Human Knight, March of the Machine Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{W}{W}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Human Knight
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Power / toughness
- 2/2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- March of the Machine Commander (MOC)
- Released
- 2023-04-21
- Collector number
- 192
- Artist
- Jason Chan
- Commander rank
- 3,460 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- First strike
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About Knight Exemplar
Knight Exemplar is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white creature from March of the Machine Commander (MOC), a Commander product released in April 2023. It is collector number 192 in that set, with art by Jason Chan. It costs {1}{W}{W} (one generic and two white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Magic 2011 (2010) to March of the Machine Commander (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $3.27 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
Other Knight creatures you control get +1/+1 and have indestructible. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)
"If you think you are brave enough to walk the path of honor, follow me into the dragon's den."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $3.27 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Knight Exemplar by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Knight Exemplar
Knight Exemplar has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #DDG-14 | Rare | 2023 |
| The List (PLST) #M11-20 | Rare | 2023 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1044 | Rare | 2022 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #707 | Rare | 2022 |
| Magic 2011 Promos (PM11) #A7 | Rare | 2011 |
| Duel Decks: Knights vs. Dragons (DDG) #14 | Rare | 2011 |
| Magic 2011 (M11) #20 | Rare | 2010 |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Knight Exemplar, newest first.
- Lethal damage, damage from a source with deathtouch, and effects that say “destroy” won't cause a creature with indestructible to be put into the graveyard. However, a creature with indestructible can be put into the graveyard for a number of reasons. The most likely reasons are if it's sacrificed, if it's legendary and another legendary creature with the same name is controlled by the same player, or if its toughness is 0 or less.
- If you control two Knight Exemplars, each one causes the other to get +1/+1 and have indestructible.
- If another Knight creature you control is dealt lethal damage, the creature isn't destroyed, but the damage remains marked on it. If, at some point later in that turn, you no longer control Knight Exemplar or it loses its abilities, the other Knight creature will lose indestructible and will be destroyed.
- If an effect would simultaneously destroy Knight Exemplar and another Knight creature you control, only Knight Exemplar is destroyed.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a white colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Knight Exemplar is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.