Harvesttide Sentry
Creature — Human Warrior
Coven — At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control three or more creatures with different powers, this creature can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less this turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Innistrad: Midnight Hunt
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #27602
Harvesttide Sentry is a 3/4 vigilance creature for three mana that transforms into a 4/5 with a triggered sacrifice outlet — solid stats and a relevant second mode in one card. The floor is high enough that it earns its slot in any deck that wants a midrange body with upside.
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 |
In Commander, Harvesttide Sentry fits cleanly into go-wide or aristocrats strategies that want bodies with incidental utility — the transform condition rewards the kind of battlefield presence those decks already want to maintain. In Pauper, a three-mana 3/4 vigilance is a competitive rate, and the card sees consideration in midrange green shells where the secondary mode can matter. Modern and Pioneer offer enough efficient competition that Harvesttide Sentry rarely makes the cut outside of budget builds, but it is never an embarrassing inclusion. Legacy and Vintage simply have higher ceilings than this card can match.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Harvesttide Sentry sits firmly in bulk territory — buy a playset without thinking about it. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price point don't appreciate, so treat it as a pure utility pick rather than a long-term hold.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.