---
name: "Crusading Knight"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Human Knight"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Protection"]
set: "INV"
set_name: "Invasion"
collector_number: "12"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Edward P. Beard, Jr."
oracle_id: "59385809-3223-4bc2-a824-9bab257c917a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/crusading-knight-inv"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Crusading Knight
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Knight
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Protection

## Oracle Text
Protection from black
This creature gets +1/+1 for each Swamp your opponents control.

> *« Mon seul rêve est de détruire vos cauchemars. »*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [White Shield Crusader](/printing/white-shield-crusader-csp.md) — Creature — Human Knight
2. [Llanowar Knight](/printing/llanowar-knight-inv.md) — Creature — Elf Knight
3. [Order of the White Shield](/printing/order-of-the-white-shield-me2.md) — Creature — Human Knight
4. [Knight of Glory](/printing/knight-of-glory-m13.md) — Creature — Human Knight
5. [Marauding Knight](/printing/marauding-knight-inv.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Zombie Knight
6. [Knight of Stromgald](/printing/knight-of-stromgald-ice.md) — Creature — Human Knight

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Invasion (INV) #12
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Edward P. Beard, Jr.
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`