Hekma Sentinels
Creature — Human Cleric
Whenever you cycle or discard a card, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Amonkhet
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #27732
Hekma Sentinels turns exert triggers into a passive toughness bonus, but a 2/3 body for three mana that requires you to keep exerting creatures to stay relevant is too high-maintenance for too little payoff. It's a niche support piece in dedicated exert builds and an easy cut everywhere else.
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 |
Hekma Sentinels is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, exert is a narrow enough mechanic that Hekma Sentinels only fits in dedicated tribal or exert-matter builds, and even there the toughness bonus rarely changes game outcomes. Pauper is the format where it has the most theoretical room, since budget exert synergy decks exist, but the payoff still doesn't justify the slot. Treat this as a deep-niche Commander inclusion at best.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Hekma Sentinels is pure bulk — you're not paying for it, you're just deciding whether it's worth a deck slot. That price reflects real demand: near zero.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.