Its like a baby white Grave Titan, except its a knight and thus can pair with Night Exemplar and be even more ridiculous.
HairlessThoctar
★☆☆☆☆ (1.4/5.0)(5 votes)
A shining example of a card who's original art is better than a promo version.
Doesn't hurt that this card is absolute tits.
faisjdas
★★☆☆☆ (2.1/5.0)(9 votes)
She needs to work out a little. And get a new haircut.
Thaxan_Number_14
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(10 votes)
HairlessThoctar, I personally think the promo version is better. 'Cause DAT METAL RACK.
Kryptnyt
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(5 votes)
With one more power, it could kill a player in two attacks with no blocks. (which means if your opponent uses fetchland twice this will do that anyway as is) If white weenie is played, this card will be in it
Vividice
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(2 votes)
The single battlecry card that is really good.
A great curve topper for White Weenie Decks.
Leonin_Kha_Cameron
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(6 votes)
What happened to making respectable art for female characters? I thought WotC were on to something with cards like Knight Exemplar and Captain of the Watch.
Demonic_Math_Tutor
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(3 votes)
She dodges the bolt and spawns soldiers and has battle cry. Thats good. If only the artwork were just as pretty
TheSwarm
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Knights!
BloodDragon
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
She... seems like someone importent. Yet doesn't have a name or legendary status. Seems more badass then some hero's recently.
sarroth
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is definitely a mythic with its abilities, but I'm not a fan of the art. Hero of Oxid Ridge looks cooler, I think.
MasterOfEtherium
★☆☆☆☆ (1.6/5.0)(10 votes)
Wow Shes Goin Right In My Soldier Deck! Peace Out Martial Coup. Love Both Versions Of The Art And @Faisjdas I'm Pretty Sure You Gotta Work Out And Get A Haircut You Dork. Not This Babe 5/5
MrDandyLion
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
4 cmc for a card that swings for at least seven and is out of lightning bolt range. Also, it's a knight. 5 stars.
coyotemoon722
★★★☆☆ (3.4/5.0)(8 votes)
Yeah..the artwork really isn't very epic for the ability. And come on, what knight in the history of knights dresses like that?
Superwill
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Just checking, this has good synergy with Mirrorweave right? Say for example I had Hero of Bladehold and two White Knights out and was attack with everything. She would then spawn two soldiers. I then cast Mirrorweave and all four other creatures also become Hero of Bladehold and each spawn another two soldiers.
So what you have from your original three creatures is now 13 creatures, and a total of 5 instances of battlecry from having 5 hero of bladeholds? A.k.a 83 damage if I've done my quick maths right?
Would this actually work? Or does it not work because these abilities only trigger when you tap to attack and there's no way to do it in the right order?
Thanks to any willing to reply.
Bigg_ol_FATTKIDD
★★☆☆☆ (2.7/5.0)(3 votes)
@superwill:
You kinda have the right idea. If you do what you said and Mirrorweave after she makes the tokens, then the tokens and the White Knights become her, and then nothing happens because the attack triggers have already passed. you would be swinging for at least 15 damage though. (not sure about the layering with battle cry and changing the creatures.)
But, if you Mirrorweave before attacking though, the knights also become her, and you get 6 different 4/1 soldiers and 3 5/4's, and that's pretty nuts-oh. 35 damage seems pretty gewd to me.
If you have another Mirrorweave in hand next turn, well, then...... wow.
RuthieA
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(11 votes)
I think the reason why she isn't wearing much isn't because of fanservice, but rather because the Auriok don't really wear that much--if you look at Accorder Paladin, or the people on Frantic Salvage from the same set, they're not wearing full armor, or even shirts.
As for her as a card, her abilities are quite good--when she attacks, just by herself she's basically attacking with seven points of damage. Now imagine her with Honor of the Pure of True Conviction (or worse, both--that could kill a player if they, for some inexplicable reason, don't block). She's an amazing card with so much potential.
Dr34m0f7hi5
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Would be better if types match... Like A Knight birthing Knights or a Soldier producing Soldiers... Too bad, I'll have to work without it.
Volcre
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Two words: Bah-Roken...
ajpinton
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(8 votes)
Why is she not getting 5 stars? She is a knight (Knight Exemplar), makes tokens (Elspeth Tirel) a 3/4 body and has battlecry, what more do you need for a WW deck. She is a decent top deck with the exclution of Sun Titan and Baneslayer. Plus she is a baby Grave Titan...
FogRaider
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Yeah. Great card, but gotta agree on underwhelming art. The promo version might have been a bit over-the-top in the muscle category, but I still like it better. This gal does not look like a warrior at all.
Not sure whether I like this or Hero of Oxid Ridge more. It's a tough call.
tcollins
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
I hate how the promo artwork for this card and for Glissa, the Traitor are subpar to the artwork for the non-promo card. That aside, Hero of Bladehold essentially swings for 7 damage, (3 from her and four from her two attacking tokens will both be 2/1 from battle cry)
CJM2
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(9 votes)
Two of these swing in together for 20 points of damage all told...that's pretty impressive.
Richard_Hawk
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(3 votes)
i also prefer this art over the promo version, at least she doesn't look too starved in this one.
Keiya
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Come on guys, it's been a couple of weeks already without a comment like "Is that a blade you're holding or are you just happy to see me?" You guys are slackin'.
Superwill: You would have to cast Mirrorweave before you declare attackers, otherwise only one Hero of Bladehold's abilities would trigger.
Nighthawk42
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(4 votes)
Solid card but I think it may be a little overrated due to the new factor right now. Dies to any 4/4 for 4 creature leaving a pair of 1/1s and there are lots of 4/4's for 4. 4 mana is actually pretty high in WW and 5 mana gets you a Baneslayer.
Will definitely find a home in knight decks and possible R/W agro decks. Not a good fit for Quest and W/G actually has better options Thrun, the last Troll, Vengevine.
CheeseTomato
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(2 votes)
Pretty broken, this guy and maybe and other battle cry dude just win you games out of nowhere! Kill it quick or lose...
EpicBroccoli
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
@Those complaining about the art Who would you rather follow into battle, some chick with ribs showing or this gal?
dragonking987
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(6 votes)
if you have a creator with Exalted out and you only attack with her would she still get +1/+1 even when the 1/1s come out?
lyle685
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(5 votes)
While i agree that she not wearing much for battle it seem none of the Auriok do just look at Raise the alarm , oh how i wished she was a soldier instead of a knight.
TPmanW
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(6 votes)
Just a quick tip but try pairing her up with veteran's armaments in extended. Those cards were made for each-other and it's a fun combo.
HPS
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I was down to 3 lives and on my field I have a Knight Exemplar, an Accorder Paladin, a Mirran Crusader, and a White Knight. My opponent still has 20 lives and boasts 2 Malakir Bloodwitch, 1 Vampire Nocturnus, and 1 Gatekeeper of Malakir. I cast a Day of Judgment removing all vampires and Knight Exemplar. Attack with all my Knights and my opponent uses Fog, I cast this card and my opponent has no creature/permanent removal in his hands. On his turn he played a land, returned 3 Bloodghast and cast another to the field, he attacked and I blocked 3 of his creatures. I was down to 1 life. On my next turn, I attacked with all of my creatures, lead by Accorder and this card and the result was:
For a total of 26 damage, I won the game on that turn. I've been converted into a huge fan of this card and my Mono White Knight deck hasn't lost to a Vampire deck ever since
I also have to mention that my MW Knight is 80%-95% favorable against Jund, Boros, Golgari, MB variations, and 50-50 against Extended version of UW. I uses both Gideon Jura and Elspeth Tirel on the deck. It's not yet perfect but I'm getting there...
bigdeezy88
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
So glad they didnt make the tokens knights as well or knight exemplar would be even worse.
BegleOne
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(12 votes)
I don't know if I'd rather be her horse or Knight Exemplar's...
Artan
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I'm pretty conflicted about her. I got my hands on a few and paired her up in a Knight deck. It's been about a month since I've been playing her, and she's been pretty...useless. As soon as she'd show up she'd get killed/exiled/countered, whatever, which is kinda to be expected. But she's the most expensive creature in the deck, so having her as a lightning rod just isn't worth it. It's probably my bad luck saying this, but I rarely even got to try to play her. She tends to slways show up either in case of mana screw, if she shows up(sure, i'm only playing two of them, but I'd expect to at least see her played once in ten games). Also, whenever I DID get to play her, minus one exception in about 20+ games, she only got to hit when I was already winning.
The exception was having her big enough to kill a wurmcoil engine, making that guy afraid to attack so he won't lose his only wincon.
I can't consider her a bad card, that would be silly. I'm just a bit underwhelemed by her atm.
Judgemaster_Rolan
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This fit nicely into a small hole in my G/W deck where I was trying to find a good white creature costing 2WW. Good in general.
MyrBattlecube
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(7 votes)
@BegleOne Well, consider the following. Knight Exemplar is wearing a bunch of armor, and that's all gotta be pretty heavy. Also, she's not making you indestructible, just the other knights. As far as she's concerned, you're replaceable. Hero of Bladehold isn't wearing much armor at all, so she's gotta be significantly lighter. However, she's also a human on Mirrodin, so she's got metal in her skin. No telling how much that has to hurt.
Braden_Campbell
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Putting "Mantle of Leadership" on her turns her into a 7/8 attacker each turn...
NozzDogg
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Try her with Juniper Order Ranger
Minus_Prime
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(6 votes)
Yes, she should work with Exalted. If she attacks alone, both the exalted trigger and her soldier-spawning trigger go on the stack. She gets an exalted buff, then some soldiers show up and are attacking.
It should still work even if you resolve the abilities in the opposite order and have the soldiers come out first. The soldier tokens will have a property "attacking" but they did not actually "attack"(meaning 'were declared as attackers'), so Hero of Bladehold did "attack alone" even if reinforcements showed up. And Exalted only cares about the state of your creatures when it triggers anyway, not when it resolves. So yeah, swing away.
swensonator
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(5 votes)
I am going to combo her with Sigil Captin, a multicolored GW ryno soldier. Since he gives a 1/1 creature 2 +1/+1 counters when it comes into play, would it work?
DarthParallax
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(6 votes)
Whispering Specter: Come not between the Nazgul and his prey...no living man may hinder me.
Hero of Bladehold: But no living man am I! DEATH! DEATH! DEATH! DEEEAAATH!!!!!!!!!
Magic the Gathering + Lord of the Rings = Most. Epic. Crossover. Ever.
Batterskull= Grond. Because duh.
OpeeFomenom
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
@MyrBattlecube
Don't forget that you're also a horse on mirrodin, therefor, you're made of metal and therefor, lifting her should be easier. If you're referring to the metal scraping against you, it's also likely moot as your metal is scraping back.
SparkleTiger
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(3 votes)
It's too bad the 1/1s don't come into play as Human Soldiers. With Innistrad right around the corner, these tokens having the subtype Human would really benefit the tribal aspect of Human decks, which I'm hoping to build. I mean think about it: She comes into play. Then as she attacks, she inspires (whether it be with a rally cry or her lady-parts) other assumingly humans (seeing as Aurioks are predominantly humans) to charge into battle with her. They're apparently raceless, faceless, subtype-less blobs wearing soldier armor (but then again they'd probably get the creature subtype Blob Soldier). WHY MUST A SLIGHT MISSTEP IN DEVELOPMENT CAUSE MY FUTURE HUMAN DECK TO BE NOT AS AMAZING AS IT COULD BE. WHHYYYYYY
Axelle
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
She may be human, but what is the race of the tokens? Human? Leonin? Borg?
Gcrudaplaneswalker
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
And why isn't this gal legendary???
FoxxyEDarko
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(2 votes)
@Gcrudaplaneswalker
Legendary can be a bit of a drawback
use643
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Highest rated card in standard lol
Paleopaladin
★★☆☆☆ (2.4/5.0)(14 votes)
Creature - Hooker Knight
EDIT: btw, whoever rated me down, c'mon is that art showing her in believable "knightware"? Artist slutted her up for our benefit.
Captain of the Watch is her uptight BFF girlfriend who's always shocked and horrified by how she dresses.
In a casual game, my opponent scooped after I dropped in CotW with HoB already in play. She's a bit undercosted, IMO. It's kind of funny that she doesn't drag up as much hate as Baneslayer always did.
thaviel
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
hero of Hero of Bladehold damage = 3x**2 + 4x where x is equal to the number of hero's you are swinging with assuming no other creatures are around yeah 7,20,39 that's crazy.
andyhall23
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
ya really wanna know about what KIND of soldier tokens they are , and if they affect Champion of the Parish when they come into play
Shadow1798
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.6/5.0)(4 votes)
One of the worst pieces of magic art in recent memory.
LordOfTheFlies87
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(4 votes)
Tooooooooo powerful. No bueno.
Mike-C
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Hero of.. OHHH I get it! The way she holds your blade is heroic : P
@Sparkletiger: Well, on the bright side, when opp drops Zombie Apocolypse on you, your tokens will prevail!! Hahaha
TheWrathofShane
★☆☆☆☆ (1.6/5.0)(4 votes)
I gave it a half a star because its overpowered! If the two 1/1s didnt stay on the field it would still be swinging like a truck!
divinewind08
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
In case it hasn't been mentioned, she still gets the Exalted bonus, if she is the only one you declare the attack with. Also, I can't be certain as to why this isn't legendary.
Arachnos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@BegleOne: obviously hers. Because... just compare the amount of armor the two are wearing.
halflingwithring
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(8 votes)
More like "Hero of babehold".
adrian.malacoda
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
@andyhall23: They are just soldiers, is all. They have no other type. Not even human. AFAIK no card outside Innistrad block creates human tokens.
flavioal28
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Question: Will swinging with one of these allow me to use Windbrisk Heights, given they were never declared as attackers?
raaaaaage
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I think the Promo card art is really good. And the fact that you get two 1/1 tokens tapped and attacking makes a very nasty combo with my Instigator gang...
Phelplan
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(1 vote)
I can't be the only one who thinks this girl is another example of a ridiculous card. Wtf Wizards. Please start weighting card cost appropriately. Mythic should mean unique... not insanely undercosted pay-to-win. She still would have been great and much fairer at a cost of 3WW and "comes into play tapped" (she is riding to fetch the reinforcements - and it is an appropriate drawback.) Another example of everything Mark Rosewater promised that mythics would NOT be, and then broke that promise ten times over.
Vastator
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
The only reason I won't give this a 5/5 is because as a mythic rare it's just not special enough given that it is a knight. If it were a Mythic rare Soldier, than certainly.
However, it isn't crazy enough - Now if it chucked out two Knight tokens rather than Soldier tokens it would be a whole lot better.
It's a mythic, it should be broken. (For reference to what I mean, my Ob Nixilis, The Fallen represents the perfect mythic given it's type)
4.5/5 for being a good all round card but not a great all round card.
MaxineHardcore
★★★☆☆ (3.4/5.0)(5 votes)
Would totally tap.
Unless she somehow got vigilance.
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Attacking twice nets you 18 damage... tell me how many 9/4s for 4 you've seen in magic.
Also, dodges all legacy removal except Swords. -Lily eats the tokens -Bolt's too small -They have to Pfire twice -Too big for Decay
and with that, she's in color with Mother of Runes, Thalia, and other white hosers. Good luck removing her, blocking her, or really getting much of a game in after she hits.
There's no joking around with the amount of power she packs, especially with Brave the Elements style cards netting your guys Unblockable; though Mother is enough to get the tokens and get her through.
Shiizu
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Ridiculously good. This card needs to be answered or met at least with enough resistance to force it to die in combat were it to attack.
The only real drawbacks to this card are that it takes a turn to get ready and is *only* average on defense.
Truly one of the chase mythics of the set, and one of those cards they print just to make more money.
Honestly, despite all the good this card brings, I wish they would print these less, as they invalidate many other creatures in magic. It does a lot of damage to a format like Commander/EDH were the idea was to play decks built mainly starting from a thematic standpoint.
Burningsickle
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
can't go wrong with awesome knights! If I only I had just one awesome knight stand.... .... ... .. . "Forever Alone"
Comments (67)
Doesn't hurt that this card is absolute tits.
(which means if your opponent uses fetchland twice this will do that anyway as is)
If white weenie is played, this card will be in it
A great curve topper for White Weenie Decks.
So what you have from your original three creatures is now 13 creatures, and a total of 5 instances of battlecry from having 5 hero of bladeholds? A.k.a 83 damage if I've done my quick maths right?
Would this actually work? Or does it not work because these abilities only trigger when you tap to attack and there's no way to do it in the right order?
Thanks to any willing to reply.
You kinda have the right idea. If you do what you said and Mirrorweave after she makes the tokens, then the tokens and the White Knights become her, and then nothing happens because the attack triggers have already passed. you would be swinging for at least 15 damage though. (not sure about the layering with battle cry and changing the creatures.)
But, if you Mirrorweave before attacking though, the knights also become her, and you get 6 different 4/1 soldiers and 3 5/4's, and that's pretty nuts-oh. 35 damage seems pretty gewd to me.
If you have another Mirrorweave in hand next turn, well, then...... wow.
As for her as a card, her abilities are quite good--when she attacks, just by herself she's basically attacking with seven points of damage. Now imagine her with Honor of the Pure of True Conviction (or worse, both--that could kill a player if they, for some inexplicable reason, don't block). She's an amazing card with so much potential.
Not sure whether I like this or Hero of Oxid Ridge more. It's a tough call.
Superwill: You would have to cast Mirrorweave before you declare attackers, otherwise only one Hero of Bladehold's abilities would trigger.
Will definitely find a home in knight decks and possible R/W agro decks. Not a good fit for Quest and W/G actually has better options Thrun, the last Troll, Vengevine.
Who would you rather follow into battle, some chick with ribs showing or this gal?
Hero of Bladehold = 4 damage
2 tokens = 6 damage
Accorder Paladin = 4 damage
Mirran Crusader = 8 damage
White Knight = 4 damage
For a total of 26 damage, I won the game on that turn. I've been converted into a huge fan of this card and my Mono White Knight deck hasn't lost to a Vampire deck ever since
I also have to mention that my MW Knight is 80%-95% favorable against Jund, Boros, Golgari, MB variations, and 50-50 against Extended version of UW. I uses both Gideon Jura and Elspeth Tirel on the deck. It's not yet perfect but I'm getting there...
It's probably my bad luck saying this, but I rarely even got to try to play her. She tends to slways show up either in case of mana screw, if she shows up(sure, i'm only playing two of them, but I'd expect to at least see her played once in ten games).
Also, whenever I DID get to play her, minus one exception in about 20+ games, she only got to hit when I was already winning.
The exception was having her big enough to kill a wurmcoil engine, making that guy afraid to attack so he won't lose his only wincon.
I can't consider her a bad card, that would be silly. I'm just a bit underwhelemed by her atm.
Well, consider the following. Knight Exemplar is wearing a bunch of armor, and that's all gotta be pretty heavy. Also, she's not making you indestructible, just the other knights. As far as she's concerned, you're replaceable.
Hero of Bladehold isn't wearing much armor at all, so she's gotta be significantly lighter. However, she's also a human on Mirrodin, so she's got metal in her skin. No telling how much that has to hurt.
It should still work even if you resolve the abilities in the opposite order and have the soldiers come out first. The soldier tokens will have a property "attacking" but they did not actually "attack"(meaning 'were declared as attackers'), so Hero of Bladehold did "attack alone" even if reinforcements showed up. And Exalted only cares about the state of your creatures when it triggers anyway, not when it resolves. So yeah, swing away.
Hero of Bladehold: But no living man am I! DEATH! DEATH! DEATH! DEEEAAATH!!!!!!!!!
Magic the Gathering + Lord of the Rings = Most. Epic. Crossover. Ever.
Batterskull= Grond. Because duh.
Don't forget that you're also a horse on mirrodin, therefor, you're made of metal and therefor, lifting her should be easier. If you're referring to the metal scraping against you, it's also likely moot as your metal is scraping back.
Legendary can be a bit of a drawback
EDIT: btw, whoever rated me down, c'mon is that art showing her in believable "knightware"? Artist slutted her up for our benefit.
Captain of the Watch is her uptight BFF girlfriend who's always shocked and horrified by how she dresses.
In a casual game, my opponent scooped after I dropped in CotW with HoB already in play. She's a bit undercosted, IMO. It's kind of funny that she doesn't drag up as much hate as Baneslayer always did.
where x is equal to the number of hero's you are swinging with assuming no other creatures are around
yeah 7,20,39 that's crazy.
@Sparkletiger: Well, on the bright side, when opp drops Zombie Apocolypse on you, your tokens will prevail!! Hahaha
Another example of everything Mark Rosewater promised that mythics would NOT be, and then broke that promise ten times over.
However, it isn't crazy enough - Now if it chucked out two Knight tokens rather than Soldier tokens it would be a whole lot better.
It's a mythic, it should be broken.
(For reference to what I mean, my Ob Nixilis, The Fallen represents the perfect mythic given it's type)
4.5/5 for being a good all round card but not a great all round card.
Unless she somehow got vigilance.
Also, dodges all legacy removal except Swords.
-Lily eats the tokens
-Bolt's too small
-They have to Pfire twice
-Too big for Decay
and with that, she's in color with Mother of Runes, Thalia, and other white hosers. Good luck removing her, blocking her, or really getting much of a game in after she hits.
There's no joking around with the amount of power she packs, especially with Brave the Elements style cards netting your guys Unblockable; though Mother is enough to get the tokens and get her through.
The only real drawbacks to this card are that it takes a turn to get ready and is *only* average on defense.
Truly one of the chase mythics of the set, and one of those cards they print just to make more money.
Honestly, despite all the good this card brings, I wish they would print these less, as they invalidate many other creatures in magic. It does a lot of damage to a format like Commander/EDH were the idea was to play decks built mainly starting from a thematic standpoint.
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"Forever Alone"