Monoist Sentry
Artifact Creature — Robot
Defender
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Edge of Eternities
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #15054
Monoist Sentry puts a body on the board and replaces itself — the card-draw trigger fires on entry, so you're never trading a card for a 2/1. It slots cleanly into Abigale, Eloquent First-Year decks as a cantripping creature that fuels the spell-count gameplan without costing you resources.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Abigale, Eloquent First-Year
Abigale, Eloquent First-Year rewards running cheap, self-replacing creatures, and Monoist Sentry delivers exactly that — a body that draws a card on entry, keeping the hand full while advancing the board.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Monoist Sentry earns its slot only in decks that specifically want cantripping creatures — Abigale lists chief among them — and has no case in generalist builds where a land or interaction piece is strictly better. In 60-card formats like Standard, Modern, and Pioneer, a 2/1 that draws a card for two mana sits at the low end of playable; aggressive decks want more power, and midrange shells have better options. Legacy and Vintage ignore it entirely — the rate isn't close to competitive there. Pauper is the one format where this effect profile could be interesting, but Monoist Sentry isn't legal there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Monoist Sentry is deep bulk — pick up a playset for the price of a gumball. Bulk commons rarely move unless a format-breaking synergy emerges, so don't expect this to budge.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.