High Sentinels of Arashin
Creature — Bird Soldier
Flying
This creature gets +1/+1 for each other creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it.
: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- March of the Machine Commander
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #14719
High Sentinels of Arashin lands as a Flying 3/6 that grows every time you put a +1/+1 counter on any creature you control — and it pays you to spread those counters around by letting you move one from any creature to itself for two mana. Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener decks run it because both halves of that ability slot directly into the counters-matter engine, but four mana for a creature with no immediate board impact is a real ask in faster pods.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener
Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener triggers off counters being placed on creatures, so every activation of High Sentinels of Arashin's redistribution ability is also feeding the commander's own growth loop — the Sentinels function as both a payoff and a utility piece in the same slot.
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 |
High Sentinels of Arashin is a Commander card through and through — its value scales with the number of creatures you're buffing over multiple turns, a luxury that 60-card formats rarely provide. In Modern and Pioneer the four-mana slot demands immediate impact, and a vanilla 3/6 flier that asks you to already have counters in play won't make that cut. Legacy and Vintage have no interest at this rate. Commander is the only format where High Sentinels of Arashin can do what it's designed to do: sit on board, grow large, and reward a dedicated counters strategy across a full game.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, High Sentinels of Arashin is deep bulk — you're not paying for anything here. The price reflects narrow demand; it sees enough play in counters Commander builds to stay in print reprints but not enough to push above bulk floor.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.