Skyclave Sentinel
Artifact Creature — Gargoyle
Kicker 
(You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Flying, defender
If this creature was kicked, it enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.
As long as this creature has a +1/+1 counter on it, it can attack as though it didn't have defender.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Zendikar Rising
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #23429
Skyclave Sentinel is a cheap, repeatable blocker that grows every time you cast a kicked spell — the on-board impact compounds fast in the right shell. The cost is that outside dedicated kicker decks, it's an unimpressive vanilla.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Skyclave Sentinel belongs in kicker-matters builds — Verazol, the Split Current and similar commanders can reliably trigger its counter ability multiple times per turn cycle, turning it into a legitimate threat. In Pauper, where the card is legal, the common card pool keeps kicker synergies shallow enough that Skyclave Sentinel rarely makes the cut over more efficient creatures. Modern and Pioneer have the card legal but no serious home for it — the rate simply doesn't compete. Legacy and Vintage have the same problem at a steeper power-level threshold.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Skyclave Sentinel is deep bulk — no financial friction to testing it. Don't expect the price to move; kicker payoffs don't have the cross-format demand that would push a common off the floor.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.