Paladin of Finality
Queen's Bay Paladin arrives as a solid late game option for black reanimator builds. Queen's Bay Paladin is a 5 4 Vampire Knight that punishes cautious play and rewards commitment by returning a Vampire card from your graveyard when it enters the battlefield or attacks. The triggered reanimation places a finality counter on the returned permanent and costs you life equal to its mana value, so timing and sequencing matter when you plan to recast key threats.
Use Queen's Bay Paladin to set up recursive lines where the returned Vampire trades once and is exiled on death to keep the engine contained. In limited this card functions as both a clock and a utility piece because it pressures life totals while replenishing your board. The art and flavor fit the Lost Caverns of Ixalan theme by blending martial order with a quietly corrosive cost that affects both board and resources.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {3}{B}{B}
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Card Type – Creature
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Subtypes – Vampire Knight
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Whenever Queen's Bay Paladin enters the battlefield or attacks, return up to one target Vampire card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. You lose life equal to its mana value. (If a creature with a finality counter on it would die, exile it instead.)
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Power / Toughness – 5/4