Loyal Sentry
Creature — Human Soldier
When this creature blocks a creature, destroy that creature and this creature.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Tenth Edition
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #20146
Loyal Sentry trades with one attacker and takes itself with it — a 1/1 that destroys a creature on a block is the whole resume, and that's not enough to earn a slot in most 100-card lists. One-for-one blockers that die doing it are close to the floor of competitive value in Commander.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Loyal Sentry is close to unplayable in Commander — one-for-one blockers that require a combat step to trigger don't scale against three opponents running 40-power boards. In Pauper it at least exists in a format where a 1/1 that trades up can matter on curve, though better defensive commons crowd it out. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; the effect simply doesn't register at those power levels. The card is legal nearly everywhere and relevant almost nowhere.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Loyal Sentry is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a common box and rarely leaves it. The price reflects demand accurately and won't move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.