Jace's Sentinel
Creature — Merfolk Warrior
As long as you control a Jace planeswalker, this creature gets +1/+0 and can't be blocked.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ixalan
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #24491
Jace's Sentinel gives your Merfolk commander a free +1/+1 whenever it attacks, and nothing untaps it — meaning it can block without losing its offensive pressure. A one-mana 1/3 that passively buffs your commander while eating small attackers is exactly the kind of role-player Merfolk tribal wants.
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 |
Jace's Sentinel is a Commander card through and through — the lord bonus only matters when you're running a Merfolk commander, which is a condition that essentially only exists in EDH. In Modern and Legacy, Merfolk is a real competitive tribe, but a one-mana 1/3 that doesn't contribute to the Fish tempo plan and requires a specific commander to do anything relevant will never see play there. Pioneer Merfolk isn't a serious archetype, and Oathbreaker could theoretically use it if your planeswalker is Jace-flavored, but that's a narrow edge case. The card lives and dies in Commander, and even there it earns a slot only in dedicated Merfolk tribal builds.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Jace's Sentinel is deep bulk — you'll find it in a commons box before you bother ordering it. Demand is narrow enough that this price is stable; there's no realistic scenario where a niche tribal lord for a single commander type appreciates.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.