Jade-Cast Sentinel
Artifact Creature — Ape Snake
Reach
, 
: Put target card from a graveyard on the bottom of its owner's library.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #17932
Jade-Cast Sentinel enters as a 4/4 with ward 2 for four mana, which is a clean rate on a body that demands a tax to interact with. The ward clause is what justifies the slot — this is a roadblock that punishes opponents who want to answer it on a budget.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Jade-Cast Sentinel is a reasonable four-drop in green decks that want bodies which stick — ward 2 on a 4/4 means casual tables will often let it live rather than pay the tax. In Standard and Pioneer, the rate competes with other four-mana threats and the ward clause is genuinely relevant in removal-light midrange mirrors, but more powerful options exist at the same cost. In Pauper, Jade-Cast Sentinel is legal and the stat line is above the format's curve, though the format's efficient removal makes ward 2 less of a deterrent than it looks. Modern and Legacy have long since outpaced a vanilla-adjacent 4/4, and it will not see play in either.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Jade-Cast Sentinel is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up as throw-ins without a second thought. That price is stable by default: there is no combo payoff or competitive demand to push it, so it stays at the floor.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.