Some players have theorized that it may have been a much more broken card during development, so it was nerfed to oblivion to remove any chance of it being remotely abusable
While White Knight might have built-in first strike and one more point of toughness, the pump Knights make up for this by having much more staying power in the mid to late game

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For example, Magic has Vehicles
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