---
name: "Lightwielder Paladin"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}{W}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Human Knight"
colors: []
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["First strike"]
set: "E01"
set_name: "Archenemy: Nicol Bolas"
collector_number: "14"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "D. Alexander Gregory"
oracle_id: "ad62e9d6-61bc-485f-a9b8-2ef9ba98a4b0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lightwielder-paladin-e01"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Lightwielder Paladin
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}{W}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Knight
- **Keywords:** First strike

## Oracle Text
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may exile target black or red permanent that player controls.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Fiendslayer Paladin](/printing/fiendslayer-paladin-e01.md) — Creature — Human Knight
2. [Sigiled Paladin](/printing/sigiled-paladin-ala.md) — Creature — Human Knight
3. [Inspiring Paladin](/printing/inspiring-paladin-fdn.md) — Creature — Human Knight
4. [Paladin en-Vec](/printing/paladin-en-vec-tpr.md) — Creature — Human Knight
5. [Capashen Knight](/printing/capashen-knight-m14.md) — Creature — Human Knight
6. [White Knight](/printing/white-knight-ddg.md) — Creature — Human Knight

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Archenemy: Nicol Bolas (E01) #14
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** D. Alexander Gregory

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2009-10-01)* Lands are colorless (even if their frames have some colored elements to them). You can’t target a Swamp, a Mountain, or any other land with Lightwielder Paladin’s ability (unless some other effect has turned that land black or red).