Gargoyle Sentinel
Artifact Creature — Gargoyle
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
: Until end of turn, this creature loses defender and gains flying.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #26192
Gargoyle Sentinel is a 3/3 artifact creature that pays three mana to gain flying until end of turn — a defensive body that becomes an attacker only when you choose to spend the mana. The activation cost makes it a slow, reactive threat, and in most formats that's not enough to justify a slot.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Gargoyle Sentinel sees essentially no competitive play across any format where it's legal. In Commander, a 3/3 with a conditional flying ability competes against artifact creatures that generate value on entry or fuel combo lines — Gargoyle Sentinel does neither. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer have long since moved past vanilla-adjacent creatures at three mana, and the activation cost compounds the problem by demanding mana you'd rather spend advancing a board state. It's legal in Oathbreaker as well, but the same logic applies: the card asks too much and returns too little.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Gargoyle Sentinel is deep bulk — the price reflects the demand. Don't expect that to change; bulk artifact creatures without a specific combo or synergy home don't recover value.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.