Hi and thanks for checking out PureMTGO.com's spoiler for Magic Origins!  So far the set looks super exciting, what with the flip Planeswalkers, Spell mastery and revamped evergreen stuff in the set.  I know that I am not going to be missing cheap Hexproof creatures for sure! 

Speaking of the new set, we're looking at some cool "throwback" kind of cards. Dark Petition looks pretty cool right?  Languish is a new version of Mutilate, that will always minus 4 a team.  Demonic Pact and Day's Undoing both rang out alarms in the small bit of Johnny I have hanging out in me.  Bounding Krasis looks made for Tarmotwin decks, and Helm of the Gods looks like it could fit into a Strength from the Fallen style enchantment deck. 

I'm going to go ahead and get this out of the way.  We have a reprint to preview.  That's ok though.  The card has seen play in Modern as recently as April, when Dragons of Tarkir hit the digital shelves.  I also happen to think that this card is going to be best friends with a certain Planeswalker from this set. 

I'm the type of writer that is going to drag out a preview card for as long as possible, because I like talking history with reprints. 

Anyways, this card has been in a Pro Tour winning deck.  Paul Rietzl won Amsterdam with it in his deck.  While researching I noticed that the card had helped many players finish in the top eight of PTQs during that Extended season.

White Weenie

by Paul Rietzl

Creatures 4 Ethersworn Canonist 4 Figure of Destiny 4 Knight of the White Orchid 2 Ranger of Eos 4 Steppe Lynx 4 Student of Warfare 22 cards Other Spells 4 Brave the Elements 4 Honor of the Pure 2 Mana Tithe 1 Path to Exile 4 Spectral Procession 15 cards

Lands 4 Arid Mesa 4 Flagstones of Trokair 1 Horizon Canopy 4 Marsh Flats 10 Plains 23 cards Sideboard 1 Angel's Grace 3 Burrenton Forge-Tender 1 Celestial Purge 1 Lapse of Certainty 3 Path to Exile 4 Relic of Progenitus 2 Rule of Law 15 cards

It recently popped back up with Dragons of Tarkir:

Human Aggro by TheStoneColdNuts

Modern Daily #8141652 on 04/13/2015

Creatures 3 Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit 1 Eight-and-a-Half-Tails 4 Figure of Destiny 1 Grand Abolisher 4 Kitchen Finks 4 Knight of the White Orchid 4 Ranger of Eos 4 Student of Warfare 3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben 2 Weathered Wayfarer 30 cards Other Spells 3 Brave the Elements 4 Path to Exile 7 cards

Lands 1 Eiganjo Castle 3 Flooded Strand 2 Horizon Canopy 4 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx 10 Plains 3 Windswept Heath 23 cards Sideboard 2 Dismember 3 Erase 4 Squadron Hawk 3 Stony Silence 3 Timely Reinforcements 15 cards

However, it had seen some fringe play this year in a neat Prison deck in the Modern format.  

Enduring Control by Rayolun

Modern Daily #7911818 on 01/22/2015

Creatures 1 Heliod, God of the Sun 1 Knight of the White Orchid 2 cards Other Spells 1 Bottled Cloister 1 Dovescape 4 Enduring Ideal 4 Ensnaring Bridge 1 Form of the Dragon 4 Ghostly Prison 1 Greater Auramancy 4 Leyline of Sanctity 1 Oblivion Ring 1 Peace of Mind 1 Phyrexian Unlife 2 Porphyry Nodes 4 Runed Halo 4 Suppression Field 33 cards

Lands 2 Emeria, the Sky Ruin 4 Flagstones of Trokair 2 Ghost Quarter 2 Mistveil Plains 4 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx 11 Plains 25 cards Sideboard 1 Heliod, God of the Sun 2 Greater Auramancy 1 Aura of Silence 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All 1 Day of Judgment 2 Defense Grid 1 Eidolon of Rhetoric 1 Luminarch Ascension 2 Nevermore 3 Stony Silence 15 cards

By now I hope you have figured out the common thread that these three decks have had. 

If not here, is a picture of what we are going to working with in Standard for a bit. 

Welcome back Knight of the White Orchid! 

This 2/2 first striking Knight is a pretty fairly costed creature, but let's look at the rest of the text. 

When Knight of the White Orchid comes into play, if an opponent controls more lands than you, you may search your library for a Plains card, put it into play, then shuffle your library.

This helps to break a rule of Magic for you.  If you're on the draw, imagine the first few turns of your game like this in Standard. 

Turn 1:  Land, Kytheon, Hero of Akros
Turn 2:  Land, Raise the Alarm
Turn 3:  Attack with your tokens and walker, flip the Kytheon.  Make Knight of the White Orchid, putting you up to three lands, and play your land for the turn.  Turn three you have three creatures, a super neat Planeswalker and four lands.  You could flood the board with more dorks.  You could use the mana to protect your creatures with stuff like Ajani's Presence or Center Soul.

I'm not the greatest deck builder anymore, but I would start to look at a White Weenie deck with something like this. 

White Weenie

Post Magic Origins Skeleton

Creatures 3 Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit 3 Preeminent Captain 4 Knight of the White Orchid 3 Kytheon, Hero of Akros 4 Soulfire Grand Master 4 Herald of Anafenza 4 Kinsbaile Skirmisher 18 cards Other Spells 3 Return to the Ranks 3 Ajani's Presence 4 Raise the Alarm 3 Ajani Steadfast 17 cards

Lands 4 Flooded Strand 4 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx 10 Plains 4 Windswept Heath 22 cards

We have protection with Ajani's Presence.  We have a late game threat with Return to the Ranks.  Multiple aggressive Planeswalkers!  A soldier subtheme.  It may not be the best, but it looks to take advantage of Knight of the White Orchid and the newest toys that have been spoiled so far! 

Welcome back to Standard Knight of the White Orchid, I look forward to seeing some busted draws with you in the format soon!