---
name: "Burning Shield Askari"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Human Knight"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Flanking"]
set: "MIR"
set_name: "Mirage"
collector_number: "162"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Dan Frazier"
oracle_id: "042fd95a-5e85-4ce5-bb68-066a295c54fb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/burning-shield-askari-mir"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Burning Shield Askari
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Knight
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Flanking

## Oracle Text
Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.)
{R}{R}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Zhalfirin Knight](/printing/zhalfirin-knight-mir.md) — Creature — Human Knight
2. [Blazing Blade Askari](/printing/blazing-blade-askari-tsp.md) — Creature — Human Knight
3. [Searing Spear Askari](/printing/searing-spear-askari-mir.md) — Creature — Human Knight
4. [Knight of Valor](/printing/knight-of-valor-vis.md) — Creature — Human Knight
5. [Zhalfirin Crusader](/printing/zhalfirin-crusader-vis.md) — Creature — Human Knight
6. [Femeref Knight](/printing/femeref-knight-mir.md) — Creature — Human Knight

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirage (MIR) #162
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Dan Frazier
- **Total Printings:** 7 across all historical editions

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