Lumengrid Sentinel
Creature — Human Wizard
Flying
Whenever an artifact you control enters, you may tap target permanent.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Jumpstart 2022
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #20568
Lumengrid Sentinel taps down a permanent whenever an artifact enters the battlefield under your control — in an artifact-heavy deck, that's a repeatable soft-lock that compounds every turn. The cost is a 1/1 body for two mana that does nothing without artifact support, so it earns its slot only in decks that were already flooding the board with artifacts.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Lumengrid Sentinel is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees meaningful play in exactly one of those: Commander. In 60-card formats, a 1/1 for two mana with a conditional tap effect is too slow and too fragile to compete, and artifact-combo shells in Legacy and Vintage have more efficient redundancy. In Commander, Lumengrid Sentinel shines in artifact-storm or affinity-style decks where a single turn can tap down an entire opponent's board before they can respond to your combo finish.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Lumengrid Sentinel is firmly bulk — easy to pick up in trade binders or bulk lots without a second thought. It's unlikely to appreciate unless a new artifact commander pushes it into wider demand, so treat it as a cheap include rather than a pickup for value.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.