Headwater Sentries
Creature — Merfolk Warrior
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ixalan
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #28751
Headwater Sentries is a 2/5 defender for four mana — a body that blocks well and absorbs hits, but contributes nothing beyond that. Four mana for a wall with no enters-the-battlefield effect, no offensive capability, and no utility text is simply not a competitive rate in any serious format.
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 |
Headwater Sentries has no meaningful home in competitive formats — Legacy, Vintage, and Modern all demand far more from a four-mana creature. In Pauper, high-toughness defenders see occasional play in turbo-fog or mill shells, but Headwater Sentries lacks the text to justify a slot over options with actual utility. Commander is where vanilla walls go to die fastest: a 2/5 with no triggered ability, no keyword, and no synergy hook is outclassed by nearly every defensive option at the same cost.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Headwater Sentries sits firmly in bulk territory and will stay there — there is no competitive context that drives demand for a vanilla defender. Bulk is the correct and permanent price tier for this card.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.