---
name: "Fallen Askari"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Human Knight"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flanking"]
set: "WC97"
set_name: "World Championship Decks 1997"
collector_number: "js59"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Adrian Smith"
oracle_id: "4956008e-d912-48ba-9b82-176258281060"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/fallen-askari-wc97"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Fallen Askari
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **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.)
This creature can't block.

> *In troubled times, there are few greater sorrows than a wayward savior.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Blazing Blade Askari](/printing/blazing-blade-askari-tsp.md) — Creature — Human Knight
2. [Benalish Cavalry](/printing/benalish-cavalry-tsp.md) — Creature — Human Knight
3. [Shadow Rider](/printing/shadow-rider-wth.md) — Creature — Knight
4. [Searing Spear Askari](/printing/searing-spear-askari-mir.md) — Creature — Human Knight
5. [Knight of Valor](/printing/knight-of-valor-vis.md) — Creature — Human Knight
6. [Burning Shield Askari](/printing/burning-shield-askari-mir.md) — Creature — Human Knight

## Printing Details
- **Set:** World Championship Decks 1997 (WC97) #js59
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Adrian Smith
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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