---
name: "Knight Exemplar"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Human Knight"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["First strike"]
set: "SLD"
set_name: "Secret Lair Drop"
collector_number: "707"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Victor Adame Minguez"
oracle_id: "ecb198fc-5663-4380-b2da-ad54421e966d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/knight-exemplar-sld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Knight Exemplar
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Knight
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** First strike

## Oracle Text
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
Other Knight creatures you control get +1/+1 and have indestructible. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)

> *"We slew the last dragon ages ago. Now we fight the *real* monsters."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Capashen Knight](/printing/capashen-knight-uds.md) — Creature — Human Knight
2. [Inspiring Paladin](/printing/inspiring-paladin-fdn.md) — Creature — Human Knight
3. [Knight of Dawn's Light](/printing/knight-of-dawns-light-dmu.md) — Creature — Human Knight
4. [Knighthood](/printing/knighthood-ulg.md) — Enchantment
5. [Cavalry Drillmaster](/printing/cavalry-drillmaster-j22.md) — Creature — Human Knight
6. [Sigiled Paladin](/printing/sigiled-paladin-ala.md) — Creature — Human Knight

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #707
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Victor Adame Minguez
- **Total Printings:** 28 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`