Museum Nightwatch
Creature — Centaur Soldier
When this creature dies, create a 2/2 white and blue Detective creature token.
Disguise 
(You may cast this card face down for 
as a 2/2 creature with ward 
. Turn it face up any time for its disguise cost.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #26934
Museum Nightwatch is a 4/5 vigilance body for five mana that gets cheaper for each artifact you control — the floor is a vanilla creature, the ceiling is free. It only earns a slot when your artifact count is high enough to reliably discount it to two or three mana.
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, Museum Nightwatch belongs exclusively in artifact-heavy shells where the discount is consistent and the 4/5 vigilance statline pulls weight on both offense and defense. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, five-mana creatures need to win the game immediately, and a conditional cost-reducer that still trades with removal doesn't clear that bar. Pauper is where the arithmetic gets interesting — at common, a potentially free 4/5 with vigilance is a meaningful threat in artifact synergy decks. Standard players building around artifact themes may find it serviceable, but better payoffs exist at the same price point.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Museum Nightwatch is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the card. Bulk commons with narrow synergy requirements rarely move off this floor unless a future set pushes artifact-go-wide strategies into competitive relevance.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.