Esper Sentinel
- Mana cost
- {W}
- Type
- Artifact Creature — Human Soldier
- Power / toughness
- 1 / 1
- Set
- Jumpstart: Historic Horizons #75 (rare)
Whenever an opponent casts their first noncreature spell each turn, draw a card unless that player pays {X}, where X is this creature's power.
Esper Sentinel has 7 printings, first in Modern Horizons 2 (2021). EDHREC ranks it #79 among Commander cards. It appears most in Y'shtola, Night's Blessed decks (15,020 on EDHREC). 2 public decks on TCG run it. It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Public decks that run Esper Sentinel
- Break the Chains, led by Caesar, Legion's Emperor
- Odds and Ends - Secret Lair Commander, led by Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign
Commanders that run Esper Sentinel most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Y'shtola, Night's Blessed: 15,020 decks
- Hashaton, Scarab's Fist: 12,828 decks
- Kraum, Ludevic's Opus // Tymna the Weaver: 11,199 decks
- Toph, the First Metalbender: 11,122 decks
- Giada, Font of Hope: 10,236 decks
- Kaalia of the Vast: 9,832 decks
- Sisay, Weatherlight Captain: 8,979 decks
- Ms. Bumbleflower: 8,340 decks
Often played with Esper Sentinel
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : This ability checks Esper Sentinel's power when it resolves, not when the ability goes on the stack. If Esper Sentinel is no longer on the battlefield when it resolves, use the power it had the last time it was on the battlefield.
- : If a noncreature spell was already cast by an opponent the turn Esper Sentinel enters the battlefield, that opponent already cast their first noncreature spell this turn, and Esper Sentinel's ability won't trigger for that opponent that turn.
- : If Esper Sentinel's has negative power when this ability resolves, then {X} is {0}. The opponent may still choose not to pay the cost if they want you to draw a card.