Town Sentry
Creature — Human Soldier
Whenever this creature blocks, it gets +0/+2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Portal Second Age
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #30986
Town Sentry is a vanilla 2/2 for two mana with no abilities — it blocks, it attacks, and it does nothing else. There is no shell in competitive play where that rate earns a slot.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Town Sentry is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Commander, a 2/2 with no text is outclassed by nearly every creature at the same cost that generates value, enables a strategy, or at minimum has an relevant type. In Pauper, the format most likely to tolerate cheap bodies, aggressive commons demand at minimum an evasion keyword or a stat line above rate — Town Sentry offers neither. Legacy and Vintage don't even enter the conversation.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Town Sentry sits firmly in bulk territory, and the price reflects exactly what the card does. It won't hold value or gain it — bulk vanillas trend toward $0.10 as supply accumulates.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.