Thraben Sentry // Thraben Militia
Creature — Human Soldier // Creature — Human Soldier
Vigilance
Whenever another creature you control dies, you may transform this creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Innistrad
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #27204
Thraben Sentry // Thraben Militia is a two-card body in one slot: a 2/2 vigilance creature that flips into a 3/3 trampler whenever a creature dies, which in sacrifice or token shells can happen multiple times a turn. The cost is three mana for a 2/2 with no immediate board impact — you're paying an efficiency tax for the transform upside.
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, Thraben Sentry // Thraben Militia occupies the low end of playable — Aristocrats commanders like Teysa Karlov or Ghoulcaller Gisa can flip it repeatedly in a single turn cycle, but a 3/3 trample body rarely closes games at a 100-card table. In Pauper, the common-legal format where every stat point matters more, the vigilance-plus-trample package is more interesting, particularly in white-black sacrifice shells where triggering the transform is trivially easy. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — the card simply doesn't reach the power threshold those formats demand.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Thraben Sentry // Thraben Militia is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and nothing else. Bulk rarely moves without a specific combo breakout or reprint attention, and nothing on the horizon suggests either for this card.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.