Palace Sentinels
Creature — Human Soldier
When this creature enters, you become the monarch.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #14647
Palace Sentinels hands you the Monarch the turn it enters — a repeating card-draw engine stapled to a 2/4 body that blocks almost everything in the early game. Four mana for that effect is a real cost, but in Commander, where someone at the table will always want to contest the crown, the political pressure alone justifies the slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Jared Carthalion, True Heir
Jared Carthalion, True Heir's entire kit is built around being the Monarch — taking damage as the crown changes hands loads counters onto him — so Palace Sentinels isn't just a draw engine here, it's the ignition switch for his core mechanic.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Palace Sentinels is a Commander and Pauper card, full stop. In Commander, the Monarch mechanic scales beautifully: one card per end step compounds over a long game, and the political chaos of a contested crown generates more table interaction than most enchantments twice the price. In Pauper, it fills a similar role as a resilient blocker that generates card advantage, though the format's faster clock means you'll draw fewer free cards before the game ends. Legacy and Vintage can play it legally but won't — the Monarch is too slow and the body too small to compete at those speeds.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Palace Sentinels is deep bulk — one of the cheapest Monarch enablers in the game. That price is stable; there's no spike risk here, just a card you grab out of a bulk bin and never think about again.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.