---
name: "Balan, Wandering Knight"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Cat Knight"
colors: []
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["First strike"]
set: "PZ2"
set_name: "Treasure Chest"
collector_number: "65757"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Svetlin Velinov"
oracle_id: "d12cfd46-73c2-4206-9a10-0d2e7d6ac87e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/balan-wandering-knight-pz2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Balan, Wandering Knight
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Cat Knight
- **Keywords:** First strike

## Oracle Text
First strike
Balan has double strike as long as two or more Equipment are attached to it.
{1}{W}: Attach all Equipment you control to Balan.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Fervent Champion](/printing/fervent-champion-eld.md) — Creature — Human Knight
2. [A-Ancestral Katana](/printing/a-ancestral-katana-neo.md) — Artifact — Equipment
3. [Swordsworn Cavalier](/printing/swordsworn-cavalier-mom.md) — Creature — Human Knight
4. [Hanweir Lancer](/printing/hanweir-lancer-mm3.md) — Creature — Human Knight
5. [Quick-Draw Katana](/printing/quick-draw-katana-fdn.md) — Artifact — Equipment
6. [Kinsbaile Cavalier](/printing/kinsbaile-cavalier-ddg.md) — Creature — Kithkin Knight

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Treasure Chest (PZ2) #65757
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Svetlin Velinov
- **Total Printings:** 5 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2017-08-25)* Balan's activated ability has no timing restriction. You can activate it any time you have priority.
- *(2017-08-25)* If Balan deals first-strike damage and then gains double strike (most likely because it picked up some Equipment with its activated ability after first-strike damage was dealt), it will also deal regular combat damage.