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Sengir Autocrat

Creature — Human

When this creature enters, create three 0/1 black Serf creature tokens.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, exile all Serf tokens.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
rare
Set
Fifth Edition
Price
$0.61
EDHREC rank
#9937
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Sengir Autocrat card art
Sengir Autocrat enters and immediately puts four bodies on the battlefield — one 2/2 and three 1/1 Serfs — which is a rare density of ETB tokens on a single four-mana creature. Ayara, First of Locthwain drains for four the moment it lands; Grenzo, Dungeon Warden can flip it off the bottom for a token flood at any power threshold.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Ayara, First of Locthwain

Ayara, First of Locthwain

32.6% of decks · synergy 0.31

Sengir Autocrat entering the battlefield triggers Ayara, First of Locthwain four times simultaneously, draining each opponent for four life and drawing a card — the density of black bodies on one ETB is the entire reason it's in 33% of Ayara lists.

02
Akul the Unrepentant

Akul the Unrepentant

18.4% of decks · synergy 0.18

Akul the Unrepentant wants fodder for sacrifice triggers and power in the graveyard, and Sengir Autocrat delivers a ready-made squad of three expendable Serfs plus a 2/2 body the turn it enters.

03

Extus, Oriq Overlord

11.5% of decks · synergy 0.11

Extus, Oriq Overlord runs a recurring sacrifice loop, and Sengir Autocrat is one of the cleanest refueling tools available — cast it, sacrifice the Serfs, let Extus return something valuable, repeat.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Sengir Autocrat is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is effectively its only competitive home. In Legacy and Vintage it's far too slow and too low-impact to see play when those formats are resolved by turn two or three. Modern has enough efficient token producers that a four-mana 2/2 with 1/1 riders doesn't make the cut outside of dedicated sacrifice shells, and even there it faces stiff competition. Commander is where the token density genuinely matters — four bodies for four mana is well above rate when your deck is built around ETB triggers, sacrifice fodder, or aristocrats engines.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.61 bulk tier

At $0.61, Sengir Autocrat is deep in bulk territory, which is accurate for a card with niche appeal outside Commander. The price is stable — demand is narrow enough that it won't spike, but aristocrats and sacrifice decks will keep it from hitting true zero.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.