---
name: "Spinewoods Paladin"
mana_cost: "{4}{G}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Human Knight"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Plot", "Trample"]
set: "OTJ"
set_name: "Outlaws of Thunder Junction"
collector_number: "183"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Kai Carpenter"
oracle_id: "d2aa9649-8394-48ca-bee6-a044e5a86b38"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/spinewoods-paladin-otj"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Spinewoods Paladin
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{G}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Knight
- **Power/Toughness:** 5/4
- **Keywords:** Plot, Trample

## Oracle Text
Trample
When this creature enters, you gain 3 life.
Plot {3}{G} (You may pay {3}{G} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)

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## Printing Details
- **Set:** Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ) #183
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Kai Carpenter
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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