Selfless Squire
Selfless Squire: Creature - Human Soldier, Murders at Karlov Manor Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{W}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Creature - Human Soldier
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Power / toughness
- 1/1
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC)
- Released
- 2024-02-09
- Collector number
- 82
- Artist
- Tony Foti
- Commander rank
- 2,499 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flash
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About Selfless Squire
Selfless Squire is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white creature from Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC), a Commander product released in February 2024. It is collector number 82 in that set, with art by Tony Foti. It costs {3}{W} (three generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Commander 2016 (2016) to Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.51 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Flash
When this creature enters, prevent all damage that would be dealt to you this turn.
Whenever damage that would be dealt to you is prevented, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.51 (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 Selfless Squire by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Selfless Squire
Selfless Squire has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #176 | Rare | 2023 |
| Commander 2021 (C21) #103 | Rare | 2021 |
| Treasure Chest (PZ2) #7 | Rare | 2016 |
| Commander 2016 (C16) #4 | Rare | 2016 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Selfless Squire, newest first.
- Selfless Squire's first triggered ability prevents all damage that would be dealt to you this turn after the triggered ability resolves, even if Selfless Squire leaves the battlefield.
- Selfless Squire's second triggered ability doesn't trigger only when damage is prevented by its first triggered ability's effect. Any effect that uses the word "prevent" will cause it to trigger.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a white colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Selfless Squire is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.