Redrock Sentinel
Artifact Creature — Golem
Defender
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, Sacrifice a land: Draw a card and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #16448
Redrock Sentinel enters the battlefield tapped and has no meaningful effect on the board — a 3/3 for four mana that can't block the turn it arrives and trades down with almost anything. Unless a specific mechanic rewards tapped creatures at the moment they enter, this card has no competitive home.
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 |
Redrock Sentinel is legal across virtually every constructed format, but legality is not relevance. In Commander, a four-mana 3/3 with an enters-tapped drawback competes against dozens of creatures that either generate immediate value, enable combos, or protect themselves — Redrock Sentinel does none of those things. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, the rate is simply unplayable; those formats demand tempo, and a creature that can't block on arrival and leaves a 3/3 body is not a tempo play. Standard is the only context where bulk commons ever see incidental play, and even there Redrock Sentinel offers nothing a better common doesn't cover.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Redrock Sentinel sits firmly in bulk territory and will stay there — there is no latent demand waiting to reprice this card. Pick it up only if a very specific tapped-creature synergy deck needs a fifth or sixth copy of that effect.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.