Gustcloak Sentinel
Creature — Human Soldier
Whenever this creature becomes blocked, you may untap it and remove it from combat.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Onslaught
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #28767
Gustcloak Sentinel lets any creature you control untap and dodge combat whenever you choose — paid for by doing nothing else on a 2/3 body for four mana. That rate is too slow and too passive for most tables; this is a role-player at best, cut-bait at worst.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Gustcloak Sentinel is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a four-mana 2/3 with a combat trick stapled to it. Commander is the only realistic home, and even there the card earns a slot only in dedicated attack-trigger or vigilance-matters builds where the untap clause doubles as pseudo-vigilance for your whole team. Outside that narrow lane, four mana for this body and this effect falls short of the format's baseline.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Gustcloak Sentinel is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not card power. The price reflects demand accurately and is unlikely to move without an unexpected reprint in a high-profile product that pushes a Gustcloak tribal or combat-trick theme.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.