Bladed Sentinel
Artifact Creature — Construct
: This creature gains vigilance until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mirrodin Besieged
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #30457
Bladed Sentinel is a three-mana 2/4 with vigilance that gains indestructible until end of turn whenever you activate it — cheap insurance on a blocker that never taps to attack. The activation cost and the ceiling on that ability make it a niche pick at best, outclassed by almost any other defensive artifact creature in the format.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Bladed Sentinel sees essentially no competitive play in any format it's legal in. In Commander, where games go long and blockers need to either threaten wins or generate value, a 2/4 with a conditional indestructible trigger doesn't justify a slot. Pauper is the one format where efficient common creatures matter most, but even there Bladed Sentinel's stats and activation don't compete with the format's better defensive options. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — the card doesn't interact with anything those formats care about.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Bladed Sentinel is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills out a dollar box. There's no meaningful demand driver that would push this price upward, so treat it as a throwaway inclusion rather than anything to track.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.