Sentinel Spider
Creature — Spider
Vigilance, reach
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Eternal Masters
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #17821
Sentinel Spider is a 3/5 reach, vigilance creature for five mana — solid stats, relevant keywords, and no text beyond that. It's a fine limited card that has no business in Commander, where five mana buys you threats that win games rather than block flyers.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Sentinel Spider is outclassed by nearly every five-mana green creature worth sleeving — you're not cutting Cultivate or a value engine to run a vanilla-adjacent body. In Pauper, the math is different: reach is a genuine defensive commodity at common, and Sentinel Spider's toughness makes it a real blocker in slower green or Tron shells. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; the card doesn't interact with any axis those formats care about. Pauper is the only competitive context where Sentinel Spider earns a roster spot.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Sentinel Spider sits in bulk territory — you're paying for cardboard, not the card. There's no demand driver on the horizon that changes that calculus, so treat it as filler and nothing more.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.