---
name: "Knights of Thorn"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Human Knight"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Protection", "Banding"]
set: "ME1"
set_name: "Masters Edition"
collector_number: "19"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Christopher Rush"
oracle_id: "6d8e1a97-67bf-4260-888c-c10c498b98d8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/knights-of-thorn-me1"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Knights of Thorn
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Knight
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Protection, Banding

## Oracle Text
Protection from red; banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

> *"With a great cry, the goblin host broke and ran as the first wave of knights penetrated its ranks."
—Tivadar of Thorn, History of the Goblin Wars*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Kjeldoran Knight](/printing/kjeldoran-knight-ice.md) — Creature — Human Knight
2. [Kjeldoran Escort](/printing/kjeldoran-escort-all.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
3. [Shield Bearer](/printing/shield-bearer-ice.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
4. [Kjeldoran Warrior](/printing/kjeldoran-warrior-ice.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
5. [Benalish Hero](/printing/benalish-hero-lea.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
6. [Kjeldoran Skyknight](/printing/kjeldoran-skyknight-ice.md) — Creature — Human Knight

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Masters Edition (ME1) #19
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Christopher Rush
- **Total Printings:** 3 across all historical editions

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