Acclaimed Contender
- Mana cost
- {2}{W}
- Type
- Creature — Human Knight
- Power / toughness
- 3 / 3
- Set
- Throne of Eldraine #1 (rare)
- Price
- $0.33 USD
When this creature enters, if you control another Knight, look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a Knight, Aura, Equipment, or legendary artifact card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Acclaimed Contender has 5 printings, first in Throne of Eldraine (2019). EDHREC ranks it #6,929 among Commander cards. It appears most in Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir decks (10,486 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Public decks that run Acclaimed Contender
- Cavalry Charge - March of the Machine Commander, led by Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir
Commanders that run Acclaimed Contender most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir: 10,486 decks
- Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale: 4,858 decks
- Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light: 1,801 decks
- Aryel, Knight of Windgrace: 492 decks
- Haytham Kenway: 199 decks
- Tori D'Avenant, Fury Rider: 77 decks
- Danitha Capashen, Paragon: 67 decks
- Danitha, New Benalia's Light: 65 decks
Often played with Acclaimed Contender
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Acclaimed Contender's ability can get you at most one card from the top five cards, no matter how many other Knights you control.
- : Acclaimed Contender's ability won't trigger if you don't control another Knight immediately after it enters the battlefield. If you don't control another Knight as that ability resolves, the ability has no effect. This doesn't have the be the same Knight at both times, however.