Knights of the Black Rose

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Knights of the Black Rose: Creature - Human Knight, March of the Machine Commander. When this creature enters, you become the monarch. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{W}{B}
Mana value
5
Type
Creature - Human Knight
Colour identity
White and black (WB)
Power / toughness
4/4
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
March of the Machine Commander (MOC)
Released
2023-04-21
Collector number
332
Artist
Mark Zug
Commander rank
12,223 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Knights of the Black Rose

Knights of the Black Rose is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon white and black creature from March of the Machine Commander (MOC), a Commander product released in April 2023. It is collector number 332 in that set, with art by Mark Zug. It costs {3}{W}{B} (three generic, one white and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 4/4 creature. Its colour identity is white and black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Conspiracy: Take the Crown (2016) to March of the Machine Commander (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.29 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

When this creature enters, you become the monarch.

Whenever an opponent becomes the monarch, if you were the monarch as the turn began, that player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

"Hail to the true queen! Long may she reign!"

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.29 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Knights of the Black Rose by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Knights of the Black Rose

Knights of the Black Rose has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #MOC-332Uncommon2026
Conspiracy: Take the Crown (CN2) #76Uncommon2016

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Knights of the Black Rose, newest first.

  • Abilities that trigger whenever you “become the monarch” trigger only if you aren't already the monarch. For example, if you are already the monarch as Custodi Lich enters the battlefield, its last ability won't trigger.
  • Being the monarch carries two inherent triggered abilities. “At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card” and “Whenever a creature deals combat damage to the monarch, its controller becomes the monarch.”
  • If the triggered ability that causes the monarch to draw a card goes on the stack, and a different player becomes the monarch before that ability resolves, the first player will still draw the card.
  • The game starts with no monarch. Once an effect makes one player the monarch, the game will have exactly one monarch from that point forward.
  • The last ability of Knights of the Black Rose will trigger even if the most recent monarch was another player, as long as you were monarch as the turn began.

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