---
name: "Knight of Old Benalia"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}{W}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Human Knight"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Suspend"]
set: "MH1"
set_name: "Modern Horizons"
collector_number: "17"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Dan Murayama Scott"
oracle_id: "673ddb72-d800-49c3-9ea9-ff74a0e20a97"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/knight-of-old-benalia-mh1"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Knight of Old Benalia
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}{W}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Knight
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Suspend

## Oracle Text
Suspend 5—{W} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {W} and exile it with five 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.)
When this creature enters, other creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Knight of Sursi](/printing/knight-of-sursi-fut.md) — Creature — Human Knight
2. [Keldon Halberdier](/printing/keldon-halberdier-plst.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
3. [Knight of New Benalia](/printing/knight-of-new-benalia-dom.md) — Creature — Human Knight
4. [Benalish Commander](/printing/benalish-commander-plc.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
5. [Shade of Trokair](/printing/shade-of-trokair-plc.md) — Creature — Shade
6. [Kang Prime](/printing/kang-prime-msc.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Villain

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons (MH1) #17
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Dan Murayama Scott
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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