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Sigil Captain

Creature — Rhino Soldier

Whenever a creature you control enters, if that creature is 1/1, put two +1/+1 counters on it.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{1}{G}{W}{W}
Color identity
GW
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Commander 2011
Price
$0.29
EDHREC rank
#17374
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Sigil Captain card art
Sigil Captain turns every 1/1 token that enters the battlefield into a 3/3, which is the kind of passive engine that warps combat math without costing you a card per creature. The catch is a four-mana 3/3 body that does nothing on its own — Ghave, Guru of Spores is the canonical home because it generates a constant stream of 1/1s and can loop the trigger indefinitely.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Ghave, Guru of Spores

Ghave, Guru of Spores

13.3% of decks · synergy 0.13

Ghave, Guru of Spores spends mana to create 1/1 Saprolings, and every one of them becomes a 3/3 the moment Sigil Captain is on board — that's a three-power threat for one mana, which breaks the math Ghave is already trying to exploit with counter manipulation and aristocrats payoffs.

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

Sigil Captain is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially zero competitive play outside Commander. In Legacy and Vintage, four mana for a conditional anthem with no immediate impact is far too slow for formats that end on turns two and three. Modern has more durable token strategies, but Sigil Captain competes poorly against cheaper, more resilient payoffs. Commander is where it actually lives — token-wide strategies at 100 cards need redundant engines, and Sigil Captain fills that role at a mana cost that's acceptable in a slower format.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.29 bulk tier

At $0.29, Sigil Captain is deep bulk — a four-of staple in its niche it is not, but for Commander players building token-doubling or counter-stacking decks, that price makes it a trivial pickup. Don't expect the price to move; the demand ceiling is narrow and the supply is not.

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