Knight Exemplar
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
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.)
Rulings
4 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2010-08-15
If an effect would simultaneously destroy Knight Exemplar and another Knight creature you control, only Knight Exemplar is destroyed.
- 2013-07-01
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.
- 2013-07-01
If you control two Knight Exemplars, each one causes the other to get +1/+1 and have indestructible.
- 2013-07-01
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.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Knight Exemplar, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir | 2 | 0 | — |
| Éowyn, Shieldmaiden | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Esper 2 decks
- Jeskai 1 deck
Knight Exemplar price history
The March of the Machine Commander #192 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil |
|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2026 | $4.03 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $4.03 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $3.95 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $3.94 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $3.97 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $4.09 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $4.11 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $4.15 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $4.09 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $4.19 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $4.20 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $4.29 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $4.34 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $4.55 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $4.68 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $4.78 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $4.71 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $4.63 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $4.66 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Knight Exemplar
8 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
- Normal
- $4.11
- Normal
- $4.37
March of the Machine Commander
- Normal
- $4.03
Secret Lair Drop
- Normal
- $6.93
- Foil
- $7.85
Secret Lair Drop
- Normal
- $4.70
- Foil
- $5.36
Promo
Magic 2011 Promos
- Foil
- $5.39
Duel Decks: Knights vs. Dragons
- Normal
- $5.57
- Normal
- $4.54
- Foil
- $10.95
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Knight Exemplar. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
