Sentinel's Mark
Enchantment — Aura
Flash
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+2 and has vigilance.
Addendum — When this Aura enters, if you cast it during your main phase, enchanted creature gains lifelink until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ravnica Allegiance
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #18088
Sentinel's Mark slaps a permanent +2/+2 and vigilance onto a creature at instant speed for two mana — the flash delivery is the whole point. It's a solid aura for go-wide or voltron Commander builds, but it's too slow and too incremental for competitive constructed formats.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Sentinel's Mark sees essentially zero play in Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, where two mana for a static +2/+2 aura can't compete with the card efficiency of the format staples. Commander is its real home: flash lets you deploy it during combat to ambush a blocker or protect an attacker without tapping out on your turn, and vigilance has compounding value on commanders that both attack and need to hold up defenses. Oathbreaker mirrors that Commander logic at a smaller table, so the same aggro and voltron shells that want it there want it here too.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Sentinel's Mark is deep bulk — you'll find it in any common box or draft chaff pile. Bulk commons rarely move in price, so there's no urgency either way; just pick it up if the effect fits your build.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.