---
name: "Keldon Halberdier"
mana_cost: "{4}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Human Warrior"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["First strike", "Suspend"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "IMA-135"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Paolo Parente"
oracle_id: "a1472a2d-e6f7-4d65-8bb2-4ecfae2d2764"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/keldon-halberdier-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Keldon Halberdier
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Warrior
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/1
- **Keywords:** First strike, Suspend

## Oracle Text
First strike
Suspend 4—{R} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {R} and exile it with four time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Halberdier](/printing/halberdier-ody.md) — Creature — Human Barbarian
2. [Knight of Old Benalia](/printing/knight-of-old-benalia-mh1.md) — Creature — Human Knight
3. [Sandstone Warrior](/printing/sandstone-warrior-tpr.md) — Creature — Human Soldier Warrior
4. [Knight of Sursi](/printing/knight-of-sursi-fut.md) — Creature — Human Knight
5. [Keldon Champion](/printing/keldon-champion-ema.md) — Creature — Human Barbarian
6. [Disciple of the Old Ways](/printing/disciple-of-the-old-ways-gtc.md) — Creature — Human Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #IMA-135
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Paolo Parente
- **Total Printings:** 23 across all historical editions

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