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◇ Catalog #16

Knight of the White Orchid

ala·#16·rare·foil

Illus. Mark Zug

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Oct '08

18 yr ago

Value

$14.30+$1 (+4.2%)

30 days high $15 · low $13

NM$14.3

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$13–$15modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $14low $0.02range 71400.0%n 52

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #617 · Common include

Variants

Foil$14

Nonfoil$2.13

Gameplay

Creature — Human Knight

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.

2/2

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2015-06-22wotc

The Plains you search for doesn't have to be basic. For example, you could put a Sacred Foundry onto the battlefield.

2008-10-01wotc

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.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $14.30. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $14.30 across 52 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ALA — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #16 of *Shards of Alara*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2008 Shards of Alara release.

Card type: Creature — Human Knight, color identity white, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {W}{W} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: First strike.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #617 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Mark Zug. Rarix catalogs 838 other cards credited to this artist.