Ogre Sentry
Creature — Ogre Warrior
Defender
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Conspiracy: Take the Crown
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #29559
Ogre Sentry is a 3/1 with defender for one red mana — a body that blocks well once and never attacks. The opportunity cost is real: every competitive red deck wants pressure, and a creature that can't swing is the wrong direction.
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 |
Ogre Sentry is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but that breadth doesn't translate to relevance. In Pauper, where cheap blockers occasionally matter, it still loses to options like Goblin Cohort or any 2/3 that actually threatens offense. In Commander, a 3/1 defender is irrelevant at a table where opponents are swinging with generals that deal 21 damage — Ogre Sentry stalls one attack and then sits there. Legacy and Vintage move too fast for any one-mana do-nothing blocker to register.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Ogre Sentry is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a commons box and rarely leaves it. That price reflects its playability accurately, and there's no realistic demand driver that changes the ceiling.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.