---
name: "Benalish Knight"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Human Knight"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["First strike", "Flash"]
set: "ATH"
set_name: "Anthologies"
collector_number: "3"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Zina Saunders"
oracle_id: "32b401e9-163f-4917-a728-fc63b25ef602"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/benalish-knight-ath"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Benalish Knight
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Knight
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** First strike, Flash

## Oracle Text
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)

> *"We called them 'armored lightning.'"
—Gerrard of the *Weatherlight**

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Capashen Knight](/printing/capashen-knight-uds.md) — Creature — Human Knight
2. [Youthful Knight](/printing/youthful-knight-eld.md) — Creature — Human Knight
3. [Viashino Bladescout](/printing/viashino-bladescout-tsp.md) — Creature — Lizard Scout
4. [Knighthood](/printing/knighthood-ulg.md) — Enchantment
5. [Swordsworn Cavalier](/printing/swordsworn-cavalier-mom.md) — Creature — Human Knight
6. [Zhalfirin Knight](/printing/zhalfirin-knight-mir.md) — Creature — Human Knight

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Anthologies (ATH) #3
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Zina Saunders
- **Total Printings:** 20 across all historical editions

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