Esper Sentinel
Click the card to switch sides
Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Jumpstart: Historic HorizonsJ21 · #75
- Card type
- Artifact Creature — Human Soldier
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- Price unavailable
- Mana value
- 1
- Power
- 1
- Toughness
- 1
- Colour
- White
Card text
Whenever an opponent casts their first noncreature spell each turn, draw a card unless that player pays , where X is this creature's power.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Eric Deschamps
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2021-08-26
Rulings
If Esper Sentinel's has negative power when this ability resolves, then is . The opponent may still choose not to pay the cost if they want you to draw a card.
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.
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.
