Scuttling Sentinel
Creature — Crab Elf
Flash
Vigilance
When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on another target creature you control. Until end of turn, that creature becomes a blue Crab in addition to its other types and gains hexproof. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ravnica: Clue Edition
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #21018
Scuttling Sentinel enters as a 0/4 defender that can tap to scry 1 whenever you cycle a card — cheap, repeatable filtering stapled to a body that blocks early aggression. The scry trigger is the reason to run it; the 4 toughness is just a bonus.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Scuttling Sentinel lives and dies in Commander, where cycling synergy commanders like Gavi, Nest Warden and Anikthea, Hand of Erebos reward every trigger you can generate off cycled cards. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant — those formats have no interest in a 0/4 that scries. Commander is the only realistic home, and even there Scuttling Sentinel competes for slots against cycling payoffs that close games rather than just filter draws.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Scuttling Sentinel is deep bulk — you're picking it up for essentially nothing out of a common box. Bulk commons with narrow synergy applications don't appreciate, so treat it as a free inclusion if the effect fits your build, not a card to acquire in quantity.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.