This card demands to be played in probably every format.
chicho27
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
I really like the art here. Great ability.
SianOneCorner
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(5 votes)
Great Art.Awesome in 5 color deck. Grants player 1 extra mana each turn+buffing itself up.Perfect for terramorphic type cards. cheap for a 3 mana card.
Very playable card in current formats
2pcsofcandy
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(4 votes)
All sorts of fun things you can do with this. Dryad Arbor, Terramorphic Expanse, etc. It'd be so easy to make this card huge, and as an added benefit it'll strip some of those extra lands out of your deck and accelerate your mana base. Not bad at all.
Mprime818
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Not bad for the Lorwyn Rare lands (Mosswort Bridge, etc...) The ability to search ahead in your deck is nice by sacrificing a plain or forest...
Also a great way to bypass CIPT lands, by turning your plains and forests into tri-colour lands on your opponents turn.
Mode
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Fetching lands was never easier.
And my inner Johnny screams for building a deck around that card.
Vinifera7
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(6 votes)
By sacrificing a forest or plains, it pumps itself and puts ANY land into play. You'll never be mana screwed with this fellow. He plays well with Worm Harvest and Dredge. Lord of Extinction, Terravore, and Ghastly Demise love this card as well.
This is going to be straight ridiculous with the new Landfall mechanic in Zendikar... It's going to get ugly.
ArKive
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(4 votes)
This little lady goes beautifully with the new Zendikar fetch lands and Lotus Cobra. Because Knight does not specify basic lands, any landfall abilities you currently have on the field can be procced twice, and being able to tap that plains/forest for 1 mana before saccing is just that little bit she needed to give herself 5/5
lotvamp
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
I use this card in a deck that incorporates lotus cobra and other landfall green cards like rampagin baloth's. It really boosts the landfall acceleration. Great card 5/5.
kajillion
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(5 votes)
I love when wizards makes a card that works so much better with an upcoming set.
Pantheon
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is even flexible enough to work well with Simian Brawler!
zpikduM
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Sacrifice Forest/Plains>Get Fetch Land>Sacrifice Fetch Land for Forest/Plains>Repeat with a lotus cobra on the field and win.
rambol
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Performs really well in WBG with fetch lands and Ob Nixilis. And only after looking at the enlarged art in the recent Building on a Budget that I realized that this awesome knight is a she! Rafiq knows where the goods are.
.Fighter.
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
I <3 this card. Sooo good in my personal deck it's not even funny.
just replace the *** in the URL above with A, S, S to form the word as$ets
gcilley
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Question: If I grab a land that has "ETB tapped" does the land come in tapped?
Esprel
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(3 votes)
"Question: If I grab a land that has "ETB tapped" does the land come in tapped?"
It enters the battlefield tapped. If it doesn't say that, then no.
Knifethrower
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Don't forget this guy taps "for mana"; swapping a tapped land for an untapped land nets you an extra mana every time you use him.
Gomorrah
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
You can tutor for the manlands in Worldwake people. Hurray!
all4ourking
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(3 votes)
This card is one of 5 reasons i play Naya. Its truely just a monster!
brunsbr103
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(4 votes)
don't just think landfall, think instant landfall. Sejiri Steppe and it's ilk, anyone? how about an instant speed Khalni garden?
PHTree
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Stupid question, but would it get stronger if there's lands in the graveyard before it comes in to play? or would Knight of Reliquary need to sac. the lands?
bigreen24
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
i have a question. when you play this card on your turn, can you trigger it on the opponent's turn right after?
abra24
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Yes it gets bigger even if it's not the reason lands are in your GY. All lands in your GY give +1/+1
You cannot activate creature abilities that tap if the creature has come under your control since your last upkeep. So once she's down, you gotta wait till your next upkeep to use the ability.
Also, she's amazing. My UWG landfall loves her. Emeria angel and ramp baloths best friend.
I just love searching my deck for a land that suits me best at the moment and also give her +1+1
Cant ask for more, just love johnny cards
Gilder_Bairn
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
tap, sac forest or plains, search for fetchland, crack fetchland for forest or plains (depending on which fetchland you use). That's 3 landfall triggers for 1 life. Seems good...
windwaker
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(3 votes)
Mana fixes, Mana accels (the lands come into play untapped), and landfalls while boosting itself in the process. Epic card.
Lunarblade
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
*CoughLotusCobraTideForceElementalCough*
bluelaser
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Fetchlands.
Bulhakas
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0)(3 votes)
This is what I call a one-card combo. In other words, the folks at wizards do the thinking for us in making cards like this one and take away the fun from having to come up with a clever synergy. Very good card, but dumb, very very dumb.
EvilCleavage
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Last week I found some Conflux at my Small-Mart and I pulled this guy, and then yesterday they still had one left and I pulled a foil! Awesome card!
TheSwarm
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
I agree with bulhakas, its so good you dont even need another card. I mean obviously its fantastic for landfall decks, but in its own right, she thins out your deck and pumps herself up, very sweet.
LeoKula
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Lotus Cobra is one of her best friends :)
Kurraga
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
How to make a Knight of the Reliquary Very, very big.
Pop on a Rancor or Armadillo Cloack and bash you opponents face in.
Yeah, this card owns.
channelblaze
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(4 votes)
It's like a crop rotation with tarmogyf-like efficiency. AWESOME with a cobra. 6/5
Edit: Quote of the day (I heard this on a youtube video): "Well, I have a turn 2 knight of the reliquary, but that's nowhere near as good as an ajani's pridemate."
This card is completely absurd. What else needs to be said?
Vividice
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
I like the alternative Art from the Knights vs. Dragons Duel Deck. Like Darksteel Colossus it really deserved the upgrade to mythic rarity.
HairlessThoctar
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
Synergy with the already insanely powerful fetchlands? Check. Colorfixing for color-heavy spells? Check. Repeatable landfall at your will? Check.
Stupid good card.
Hugomanen
★★★☆☆ (3.1/5.0)(4 votes)
This card is insane! The lack of legendary status means you could theoretically have a bunch of creatures that pumps each other +4/+4 a turn while giving you 4 free mana. This card doesnt even need to combo to be awesome! Only drawback is thinning out mana in your deck means less chance of drawing additional lands and that its somewhat slow to get strong. Proliferate friendly though.
HPS
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(4 votes)
this card is one of the main reasons why bant, naya, and gw decks are doing good in extended and legacy.
knights vs dragons is coming out, if this card is allowed play in standard, then I won't be surprised if bant or naya variations starts replacing UW as the top deck of the format.
made4ipod
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(5 votes)
If only this was still in standard...
MasterOfEtherium
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.7/5.0)(3 votes)
Winning- Charlie Sheen
swords_to_exile
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(3 votes)
Anyone else thinking this looks exactly like Elspeth? Like, yeah, the sword is different, but still, this seems like Elspeth if she were a creature.
@swords_to_exile well both This card and Elspeth are Knights from Bant so I'm guessing the similarity was intentional. That being said this card is amazing, just ridiculous
myztikrice
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@ Anathame This has a more restrictive mana cost, so no, not strictly better.
mdakw576
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
with primeval titan now banned in edh, this is the go-to card for land tutoring
MageDance
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Oh this art, this art...! The other art is ridiculous, how could they even create such a crap when this masterpiece came out first!!??. If were not for this art I wouldn't use it, can't bear to read such a beautiful name and then look at that other unglued-style, childish and bad art.
For those who, like me, love this artwork, take a look at what this guy did, nice: http://alterador.deviantart.com/art/knight-of-the-reliquary-164902750
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
.5/5 for being overpowered.
MagicBrad
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
What a machine. And this artwork far surpasses the other.
lungsoftheocean
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Knight of the Reliquary is hands down in my top 5 cards ever. Killer artwork, completely absurd ability, and so much finesse and flavor that I could just puke fetchlands.
She is good at so many things. Mana fixing is just the beginning. Lotus Cobra+Fetchlands+KOTR is perhaps one of the most beautiful and simple mana interactions available in all of MTG.
Block->tap to sack a land-bring out a Ghost Quarter->sack the Quarter and another land=KOTR suddenly becomes 3 power more formidable than before. Have a Lotus Cobra in play when all of this is going down? Even better.
Lands that enter the battlefield tapped are also no longer an issue. Wait until the end of your opponents turn to activate the Knight, grab a Celestial Colonade, untap and swing. Or wait until they are foolish enough to waste a Path or Bolt and fetch a Sejiri Steppe in response.
There are just so many fantastic ways to utilize KOTR that she keeps surprising everyone.
Hunter06
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I knew she was busted... I knew Deathrite Shaman was busted... the two together is just plain evil
4/5 Stars
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Wasteland-locks, a huge beater, utility fetcher, mana-ramper, Sneak Attack and Dredge hater; all rolled into one.
He took Legacy by storm for a reason: because he tells half the combo decks out there to shut up while being one of the biggest possible fair-deck beaters available; walking all over even batterskulls.
RobotOwl
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
My absolute favorite creature in Magic. Amazing all the way from its artwork to its natural synergy with the pace of a game.
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Very playable card in current formats
And my inner Johnny screams for building a deck around that card.
Because Knight does not specify basic lands, any landfall abilities you currently have on the field can be procced twice, and being able to tap that plains/forest for 1 mana before saccing is just that little bit she needed to give herself 5/5
and that's just looking at it.
I can't wait to grab some.
http://cdn.complex.com/assets/images/Individuals/Complex%20Women/012008/leelee_sobieski2.jpg
just replace the *** in the URL above with A, S, S to form the word as$ets
It enters the battlefield tapped. If it doesn't say that, then no.
You cannot activate creature abilities that tap if the creature has come under your control since your last upkeep. So once she's down, you gotta wait till your next upkeep to use the ability.
Also, she's amazing. My UWG landfall loves her. Emeria angel and ramp baloths best friend.
Lmao! Rafiq is a boss! And since one of his titles is Knight-Captain of the Reliquary... I'm sure he keeps track of what gets tapped and what doesn't!
Sign me up for 4.
Cant ask for more, just love johnny cards
Crop Rotation, Flagstones of Trokair, Mox Diamond, Fetchlands, (Windswept Heath etc) Lotus Vale, Horizon Canopy, Armageddon, Wasteland.
Pop on a Rancor or Armadillo Cloack and bash you opponents face in.
Yeah, this card owns.
Edit: Quote of the day (I heard this on a youtube video): "Well, I have a turn 2 knight of the reliquary, but that's nowhere near as good as an ajani's pridemate."
Check.
Colorfixing for color-heavy spells?
Check.
Repeatable landfall at your will?
Check.
Stupid good card.
This card doesnt even need to combo to be awesome!
Only drawback is thinning out mana in your deck means less chance of drawing additional lands and that its somewhat slow to get strong.
Proliferate friendly though.
knights vs dragons is coming out, if this card is allowed play in standard, then I won't be surprised if bant or naya variations starts replacing UW as the top deck of the format.
Why, oh why did they change it!???
Anyway, Zuran Orb, Crucible of Worlds and Mox Diamond all have great synergy with it.
For those who, like me, love this artwork, take a look at what this guy did, nice:
http://alterador.deviantart.com/art/knight-of-the-reliquary-164902750
She is good at so many things. Mana fixing is just the beginning. Lotus Cobra+Fetchlands+KOTR is perhaps one of the most beautiful and simple mana interactions available in all of MTG.
Block->tap to sack a land-bring out a Ghost Quarter->sack the Quarter and another land=KOTR suddenly becomes 3 power more formidable than before. Have a Lotus Cobra in play when all of this is going down? Even better.
Lands that enter the battlefield tapped are also no longer an issue. Wait until the end of your opponents turn to activate the Knight, grab a Celestial Colonade, untap and swing. Or wait until they are foolish enough to waste a Path or Bolt and fetch a Sejiri Steppe in response.
There are just so many fantastic ways to utilize KOTR that she keeps surprising everyone.
4/5 Stars
He took Legacy by storm for a reason: because he tells half the combo decks out there to shut up while being one of the biggest possible fair-deck beaters available; walking all over even batterskulls.