Sergeant John Benton
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
Trample, haste
Share Intelligence — Whenever Sergeant John Benton deals combat damage to a player, you and that player each draw that many cards.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Doctor Who
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #8373
Sergeant John Benton puts a body on the board that rewards you for giving opponents gifts — exactly the political engine group-hug decks want. The cost is real: you're leaning into a symmetrical-generosity gameplan, and opponents who don't play along leave Benton underperforming.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Gluntch, the Bestower
Gluntch, the Bestower's whole game is handing out counters and card advantage to curry favor, and Sergeant John Benton turns every one of those gifts into additional leverage — 34% of Gluntch decks already run him, which tells you everything about the fit.
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 |
Sergeant John Benton is a Commander card through and through — the political give-and-take of a 100-card multiplayer game is where his ability generates real value, and 100-card singleton dilutes the consistency concerns that would plague him elsewhere. In Legacy and Vintage he's technically legal but has no competitive home; the effect is too slow and too dependent on opponents cooperating to matter in those formats. Oathbreaker could support him in a dedicated gifting shell, but Commander is where the design clicks.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data for Sergeant John Benton isn't currently available in the database, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. Given his niche application — nearly exclusive to Gluntch, the Bestower and similar group-hug builds — expect a modest price that reflects limited demand outside that specific archetype.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.