Aven Sentry
Creature — Bird Soldier
Flying
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dominaria
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #28661
Aven Sentry is a 2/3 flyer with vigilance for four mana — passable stats, but four mana is exactly where Commander gets competitive and this effect doesn't clear the bar. There are too many flying blockers and defensive creatures that either cost less or do more to justify running it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Aven Sentry is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but that breadth doesn't translate to play. In Pauper it sits at the low end of the curve for aggressive white flyers, where cheaper or more efficient commons crowd it out. In Commander, a 2/3 vigilance flyer at four mana provides negligible board impact against three opponents — white has access to far better defensive creatures at the same slot. Across every format, Aven Sentry occupies bulk-common territory where it rarely makes the cut.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Aven Sentry is deep bulk — the kind of card you find in a land box rather than a binder. That price reflects its playability accurately, and there's no realistic demand pressure that changes it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.