Gold-Forged Sentinel
Artifact Creature — Chimera
Flying
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Magic Origins
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #27703
Gold-Forged Sentinel enters as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, giving you an on-demand clone effect stapled to a six-mana artifact body. The cost is steep enough that faster formats ignore it, but in Commander the flexibility is real and the floor is never zero.
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 |
Gold-Forged Sentinel is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it only earns a slot in Commander. Six mana for a clone is unplayable in Legacy and Vintage where Clone effects need to be free or nearly so, and Modern and Pioneer have tighter curves that make a six-drop with no immediate board protection a liability. In Commander, Gold-Forged Sentinel fits any deck that wants redundant copies of a key creature — artifact typal lists value the artifact subtype on top of the copy effect, which is a real differentiator over strictly cheaper options.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Gold-Forged Sentinel is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the card. Bulk rares rarely move up without a combo breakout or reprint pressure, and nothing about Gold-Forged Sentinel's power level suggests that's coming.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.