---
name: "Inspiring Paladin"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Human Knight"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "FDN"
set_name: "Foundations"
collector_number: "18"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Valera Lutfullina"
oracle_id: "95efbb81-2418-42ed-ae34-5759efff8253"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/inspiring-paladin-fdn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Inspiring Paladin
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Knight
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
During your turn, this creature has first strike. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
During your turn, creatures you control with +1/+1 counters on them have first strike.

> *Au moment où la ligne céda, un martèlement de sabots annonça l'arrivée d'une aide inespérée.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Chieftain en-Dal](/printing/chieftain-en-dal-nem.md) — Creature — Human Knight
2. [Cavalry Drillmaster](/printing/cavalry-drillmaster-j22.md) — Creature — Human Knight
3. [Capashen Knight](/printing/capashen-knight-uds.md) — Creature — Human Knight
4. [Knighthood](/printing/knighthood-ulg.md) — Enchantment
5. [Knight of Dawn's Light](/printing/knight-of-dawns-light-dmu.md) — Creature — Human Knight
6. [Swordsworn Cavalier](/printing/swordsworn-cavalier-mom.md) — Creature — Human Knight

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Foundations (FDN) #18
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Valera Lutfullina
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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