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Llanowar Sentinel

Creature — Elf

When this creature enters, you may pay {1}{G}. If you do, search your library for a card named Llanowar Sentinel, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
common
Set
Tenth Edition
Price
$0.17
EDHREC rank
#30652
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Llanowar Sentinel card art
Llanowar Sentinel puts a 1/3 body on the board and, if you have Wheel of Sun and Moon in play, chains into every copy of itself still in your library — that's the entire payoff. Outside that specific engine, it's a vanilla three-mana 1/3 with no practical upside.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Llanowar Sentinel is a niche piece in self-replacing creature engines — playable only if the deck is built around the loop, not as a generic inclusion. In Pauper, where every card must justify its slot on rate, a 3-mana 1/3 with a conditional trigger competes poorly against efficient green creatures at that cost. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — the power floor is simply too high. If Llanowar Sentinel shows up anywhere competitively, it's as a combo ingredient in a dedicated shell, never as a curve-filler.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.17 bulk tier

At $0.17, Llanowar Sentinel is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. Don't expect that to move; this is a narrow card with a small audience, and bulk stays bulk.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.