Sigiled Contender
Creature — Human Warrior
This creature has lifelink as long as it has a +1/+1 counter on it. (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Core Set 2021
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #29608
Sigiled Contender enters with a +1/+1 counter and gives your other creatures a permanent power boost whenever you put counters on anything — that's a meaningful board presence that compounds fast in a counters deck. The four-mana cost is fair for what it does, and any deck already running proliferate or counter-doubling effects gets full value immediately.
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 |
Commander is where Sigiled Contender earns its slot — counters synergies are everywhere in the format, and the passive anthem effect scales with every proliferate trigger or Doubling Season activation your table hands you. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer it doesn't make the cut; four mana for a 3/3 with a conditional anthem is too slow against the efficient threats those formats demand. Legacy and Vintage are similarly inhospitable for the same reason. Sigiled Contender is a casual Commander card, full stop, and it's priced accordingly.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Sigiled Contender sits firmly in bulk territory — you're paying next to nothing for a card that does real work in the right shell. Bulk rares rarely appreciate unless they find a breakout home, so buy it for the deck, not the binder.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.