Skyknight Vanguard
Skyknight Vanguard: Creature - Human Knight, Core Set 2020. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {R}{W}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Creature - Human Knight
- Colour identity
- White and red (WR)
- Power / toughness
- 1/2
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Core Set 2020 (M20)
- Released
- 2019-07-12
- Collector number
- 218
- Artist
- Bayard Wu
- Commander rank
- 3,823 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flying
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About Skyknight Vanguard
Skyknight Vanguard is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon white and red creature from Core Set 2020 (M20), a core set released in July 2019. It is collector number 218 in that set, with art by Bayard Wu. It costs {R}{W} (one white and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 1/2 creature. Its colour identity is white and red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Core Set 2020 (2019) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.40 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token that's tapped and attacking.
"Jump! NOW!"
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.40 (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 Skyknight Vanguard by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Skyknight Vanguard
Skyknight Vanguard has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #M20-218 | Uncommon | 2024 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Skyknight Vanguard, newest first.
- You choose which player or planeswalker the token is attacking. It doesn’t have to be attacking the same player or planeswalker that Skyknight Vanguard is attacking.
- Although the token is an attacking creature, it was never declared as an attacking creature. This means that abilities that trigger whenever a creature attacks won’t trigger when the token enters the battlefield attacking.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a white and red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.