---
name: "Phyrexian Crusader"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Phyrexian Zombie Knight"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["First strike", "Protection", "Infect"]
set: "SLD"
set_name: "Secret Lair Drop"
collector_number: "1214"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Flavio Girón"
oracle_id: "91760bdf-a82a-4f3d-b925-3bc81ffbd41f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/phyrexian-crusader-sld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Phyrexian Crusader
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Phyrexian Zombie Knight
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** First strike, Protection, Infect

## Oracle Text
First strike, protection from red and from white
Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Scourge Servant](/printing/scourge-servant-mbs.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Zombie
2. [Razor Swine](/printing/razor-swine-nph.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Boar
3. [Blighted Agent](/printing/blighted-agent-plst.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Human Rogue
4. [Phyrexian Juggernaut](/printing/phyrexian-juggernaut-td2.md) — Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Juggernaut
5. [Stromgald Crusader](/printing/stromgald-crusader-plst.md) — Creature — Zombie Knight
6. [Sanguine Guard](/printing/sanguine-guard-dde.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Zombie Knight

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1214
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Flavio Girón
- **Total Printings:** 13 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`