Vent Sentinel
Creature — Elemental
Defender
, 
: This creature deals damage to target player or planeswalker equal to the number of creatures you control with defender.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #22070
Vent Sentinel turns every defender you control into a damage source — tap it to deal damage equal to the number of defenders you have, at instant speed, for any target. The four-mana 1/4 body is unremarkable, but in a dedicated walls build the activated ability is the whole point.
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 |
Vent Sentinel is a pauper staple, and that's where it does its best work — the Defenders archetype in Pauper is a real competitive deck, and Vent Sentinel is one of its primary win conditions alongside Axebane Guardian. In Commander, it slots into any high-defender strategy, most commonly helmed by commanders that care about walls or big-toughness creatures, where 30-life totals make the repeated tap ability necessary for closing games. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant — the card has no place in those formats. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander at smaller scale.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, Vent Sentinel is deep bulk — you'll find copies in any common box. The price is stable because demand is narrow but consistent from Pauper players; don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.