---
name: "Paladin en-Vec"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Human Knight"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["First strike", "Protection"]
set: "9ED"
set_name: "Ninth Edition"
collector_number: "32"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Simon Bisley"
oracle_id: "fd8722e1-9c41-4037-ab7e-47e2aa9858a0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/paladin-en-vec-9ed"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
First strike, protection from black and from red (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike. It can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything black or red.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [White Knight](/printing/white-knight-prm.md) — Creature — Human Knight
2. [Silver Knight](/printing/silver-knight-ddg.md) — Creature — Human Knight
3. [Fiendslayer Paladin](/printing/fiendslayer-paladin-m14.md) — Creature — Human Knight
4. [Knight of Dawn](/printing/knight-of-dawn-tmp.md) — Creature — Human Knight
5. [Order of the White Shield](/printing/order-of-the-white-shield-me2.md) — Creature — Human Knight
6. [Black Knight](/printing/black-knight-prm.md) — Creature — Human Knight

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ninth Edition (9ED) #32
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Simon Bisley
- **Total Printings:** 32 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`