---
name: "Pentarch Paladin"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}{W}{W}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Human Knight"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Flanking"]
set: "TSP"
set_name: "Time Spiral"
collector_number: "32"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jim Murray"
oracle_id: "f27f91fb-009a-4cbd-858e-15db88b65b9f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/pentarch-paladin-tsp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Pentarch Paladin
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}{W}{W}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Knight
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Flanking

## Oracle Text
Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.)
As this creature enters, choose a color.
{W}{W}, {T}: Destroy target permanent of the chosen color.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Blazing Blade Askari](/printing/blazing-blade-askari-tsp.md) — Creature — Human Knight
2. [Knight of Valor](/printing/knight-of-valor-vis.md) — Creature — Human Knight
3. [Zhalfirin Crusader](/printing/zhalfirin-crusader-vis.md) — Creature — Human Knight
4. [Gustcloak Cavalier](/printing/gustcloak-cavalier-tsp.md) — Creature — Human Knight
5. [Knight of the Mists](/printing/knight-of-the-mists-vis.md) — Creature — Human Knight
6. [Zhalfirin Knight](/printing/zhalfirin-knight-mir.md) — Creature — Human Knight

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Time Spiral (TSP) #32
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jim Murray
- **Total Printings:** 10 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`