Adarkar Sentinel
Artifact Creature — Soldier
: This creature gets +0/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #29173
Adarkar Sentinel is a five-mana 3/3 that pays one mana per turn to give any target creature +0/+1 until end of turn — the effect is marginal and the investment is ongoing. Outside of very specific untap or artifact-synergy shells, that rate doesn't justify a slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Adarkar Sentinel is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but sees virtually no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, it occasionally appears in dedicated artifact-matters decks or untap-value engines where the activated ability is a repeatable mana sink, but even there it sits at the margins. Pauper is the one format where a five-mana artifact creature with a defensive tap ability could theoretically stabilize a board, though faster and more impactful commons crowd it out. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in Adarkar Sentinel at any cost.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Adarkar Sentinel is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. That price is stable purely because demand is negligible, not because the card holds any competitive floor.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.