---
name: "Eastern Paladin"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Phyrexian Zombie Knight"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "8ED"
set_name: "Eighth Edition"
collector_number: "131"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Carl Critchlow"
oracle_id: "b445482a-9422-41c7-bedb-3b9f500d2f27"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/eastern-paladin-8ed"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Eastern Paladin
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Phyrexian Zombie Knight
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
{B}{B}, {T}: Destroy target green creature.

> *„Es gibt keinen schlimmeren Gegner. Seine Leidenschaft für den Tod grenzt nicht bloß an den Wahnsinn, sie suhlt sich darin." —Paladin des Südens*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Western Paladin](/printing/western-paladin-8ed.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Zombie Knight
2. [Phyrexian Reaper](/printing/phyrexian-reaper-inv.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Zombie
3. [Plaguebearer](/printing/plaguebearer-exo.md) — Creature — Zombie
4. [Phyrexian Bloodstock](/printing/phyrexian-bloodstock-pls.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Zombie
5. [Stronghold Assassin](/printing/stronghold-assassin-c13.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Zombie Assassin
6. [Slay](/printing/slay-8ed.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Eighth Edition (8ED) #131
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Carl Critchlow
- **Total Printings:** 30 across all historical editions

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