Balan, Wandering Knight

As of Jul 29, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of Balan, Wandering Knight is $0.43 (CMM #16), and the most expensive is $19.38 (J22 #53). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $19.38, up 4113.0% over 7 days, up 3776.0% over 30 days, up 3776.0% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $19.38 (2026).

Balan, Wandering Knight has 4 tracked printings across 3 sets, in nonfoil, foil and etched finishes, including inverted treatments.

CMM #16

$0.43

CK $0.69 / $0.06 86%

MP $0.40 129 avail

C17 #2

$0.82 +91%

CK $1.29 / $0.17 79%

MP $0.52 41 avail

CMM #16 Foil

$0.88 +105%

CK $2.49 / $0.63 28%

MP $0.89 13 avail

CMM #458 Inverted Etched

$5.60 +1202%

CK $5.99 / $3.00 46%

MP $5.76 4 avail

J22 #53

$19.38 +4407%

CK $27.99 / $16.00 17%

MP $20.51 11 avail

Card Kingdom currently pays $16.00 cash for J22 #53; the retail-buylist spread on that printing is 43% (wide).

• Aug 25, 2017 Balan's activated ability has no timing restriction. You can activate it any time you have priority.
• Aug 25, 2017 If Balan deals first-strike damage and then gains double strike (most likely because it picked up some Equipment with its activated ability after first-strike damage was dealt), it will also deal regular combat damage.

Balan, Wandering Knight has been reprinted 5 times.

Set	Date	Rarity	Treatment
CMM #458	2023-08-04	Rare	Inverted
CMM #16	2023-08-04	Rare	Standard
CMM #16	2023-08-04	Rare	Standard
J22 #53	2022-12-02	Rare	Standard
C17 #2	2017-08-25	Rare	Standard

Balan, Wandering Knight is the #6,453 most-played card on EDHREC, down 95 places over the last 30 days.