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Esper Sentinel

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Esper Sentinel

Artifact Creature — Human Soldier

Whenever an opponent casts their first noncreature spell each turn, draw a card unless that player pays , where X is this creature's power.

$60.52

Commander: LegalModern: Legal

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Tags and classifications

Card attributes are distinct from extracted ability facts and inferred themes. AI themes and predicted tags are suggestions, not rules text.

Ability tags

Triggered

Mana costs

× 1

Creature kinds

Human

Classes and roles

Soldier

Color identity

W

Mana value

Mana value 0–1

Timing tags

Timing Sorcery

Type tags

ArtifactCreature

Predicted tags are currently unavailable.

Ability classification

Published revision
b7925c07-983e-4ef2-b1d9-e3ec54025e9b
Catalog cards
34,605
Classified
34,605
Complete
4,096
Partial
29,996
Unsupported
513

partial Extraction abilities-8

Incomplete card classification: unmodeled trigger qualification: Whenever an opponent casts their first noncreature spell each turn; unmodeled effect restriction: draw a card unless that player pays {X}, where X is this creature's power.

Ability 1

triggeredpartial

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.

Active zone
battlefield
Trigger
noncreature cast
Cost
No recorded activation cost.
Requirements
All of: Unsupported condition: Whenever an opponent casts their first noncreature spell each turn; Unsupported condition: unmodeled trigger qualification: Whenever an opponent casts their first noncreature spell each turn; unmodeled effect restriction: draw a card unless that player pays {X}, where X is this creature's power.
Source span
0–142

Functional categories

cards-information.drawdelivery.castdelivery.triggeredeconomic.payoffeconomic.producer

Effects

trigger · immediate

No additional explicit requirement.

  • payoff noncreature_cast · opponent spell
    Unsupported condition: Whenever an opponent casts their first noncreature spell each turn

draw · immediate

Unsupported condition: draw a card unless that player pays {X}, where X is this creature's power.

  • produces card_draw · self card · amount 1 · library → hand
    No additional explicit requirement.

Incomplete: unmodeled trigger qualification: Whenever an opponent casts their first noncreature spell each turn; unmodeled effect restriction: draw a card unless that player pays {X}, where X is this creature's power.

Source evidence
Source
oracle
Revision
8e034732dfc51e2ef5b2ea5ec9a10f36fc6f8a5a80f2503447346b24d36b65ed
Rule
abilities-8
Confidence
Not calibrated

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.

Ability 2

castcomplete

Cast Esper Sentinel

Active zone
hand
Trigger
Unavailable
Cost
Mana {W}
Requirements
All of: timing: sorcery
Source span
0–0

No functional category evidence is published for this ability.

Effects

cast · immediate

No additional explicit requirement.

  • requires mana · self W · amount 1
    action kind: creature_spell
  • produces creature_cast · self creature · amount 1 · hand → stack
    No additional explicit requirement.
Source evidence
Source
scryfall
Revision
8e034732dfc51e2ef5b2ea5ec9a10f36fc6f8a5a80f2503447346b24d36b65ed
Rule
card-type-cast-event
Confidence
Not calibrated

Artifact Creature — Human Soldier

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Card relationships

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b7925c07-983e-4ef2-b1d9-e3ec54025e9b
Catalog cards
34,605
Classified
34,605
Complete
4,096
Partial
29,996
Unsupported
513

Scoring revision: relationships-6. Loves, hates, neutral, mixed, conditional, and unknown remain distinct results.

Potential relationships

Evaluated 512 of 15,628 indexed candidates. Showing 5 of 5 bounded tied matches; alphabetical within ties.

A-Lantern of Revealing

Conditional loves

Artifact · Mana cost: {3}

Perspective
same controller
Status
conditional
Signed compatibility
1.000
Positive impact
1.000
Negative impact
0.000
Mechanical evidence

  1. Source ability 0539c5b3-96e3-4030-9940-25aa0be47d8b:0:0:abilities-8:80435e42410e4bee68faf2773a2bf45c21965a771ed2fd4d255b57352c0f2904 supplies the exact mana input used by target ability 5def9f38-0a0b-4e8d-9f9d-29dcb46520b4:0:cast:abilities-8:8e034732dfc51e2ef5b2ea5ec9a10f36fc6f8a5a80f2503447346b24d36b65ed. This grants cast (hand → stack).

    enables · mana · impact 1.000 · conditional

    Conditions: target ability requires timing=sorcery; target resource requires action_kind=creature_spell

    Source evidence

    Source ability: 0539c5b3-96e3-4030-9940-25aa0be47d8b:0:0:abilities-8:80435e42410e4bee68faf2773a2bf45c21965a771ed2fd4d255b57352c0f2904

    {T}: Add one mana of any color.

    Target ability: 5def9f38-0a0b-4e8d-9f9d-29dcb46520b4:0:cast:abilities-8:8e034732dfc51e2ef5b2ea5ec9a10f36fc6f8a5a80f2503447346b24d36b65ed

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Aetheric Amplifier

Conditional loves

Artifact · Mana cost: {3}

Perspective
same controller
Status
conditional
Signed compatibility
1.000
Positive impact
1.000
Negative impact
0.000
Mechanical evidence

  1. Source ability 295cd8e1-0830-46c1-9957-556afd4bcee6:0:0:abilities-8:c50aa9af4a22718b78ef5671cc09c925c52c8b829ac75ada1fc4710766fa6c83 supplies the exact mana input used by target ability 5def9f38-0a0b-4e8d-9f9d-29dcb46520b4:0:cast:abilities-8:8e034732dfc51e2ef5b2ea5ec9a10f36fc6f8a5a80f2503447346b24d36b65ed. This grants cast (hand → stack).

    enables · mana · impact 1.000 · conditional

    Conditions: target ability requires timing=sorcery; target resource requires action_kind=creature_spell

    Source evidence

    Source ability: 295cd8e1-0830-46c1-9957-556afd4bcee6:0:0:abilities-8:c50aa9af4a22718b78ef5671cc09c925c52c8b829ac75ada1fc4710766fa6c83

    {T}: Add one mana of any color.

    Target ability: 5def9f38-0a0b-4e8d-9f9d-29dcb46520b4:0:cast:abilities-8:8e034732dfc51e2ef5b2ea5ec9a10f36fc6f8a5a80f2503447346b24d36b65ed

    Cast Esper Sentinel

Agility Bobblehead

Conditional loves

Artifact — Bobblehead · Mana cost: {3}

Perspective
same controller
Status
conditional
Signed compatibility
1.000
Positive impact
1.000
Negative impact
0.000
Mechanical evidence

  1. Source ability 83a3897c-c245-4fad-b253-3f8bbe6445fb:0:0:abilities-8:1953cd7cd5b1030af055dd5d7edc28f370a47977d6994b7a463d77d290188c81 supplies the exact mana input used by target ability 5def9f38-0a0b-4e8d-9f9d-29dcb46520b4:0:cast:abilities-8:8e034732dfc51e2ef5b2ea5ec9a10f36fc6f8a5a80f2503447346b24d36b65ed. This grants cast (hand → stack).

    enables · mana · impact 1.000 · conditional

    Conditions: target ability requires timing=sorcery; target resource requires action_kind=creature_spell

    Source evidence

    Source ability: 83a3897c-c245-4fad-b253-3f8bbe6445fb:0:0:abilities-8:1953cd7cd5b1030af055dd5d7edc28f370a47977d6994b7a463d77d290188c81

    {T}: Add one mana of any color.

    Target ability: 5def9f38-0a0b-4e8d-9f9d-29dcb46520b4:0:cast:abilities-8:8e034732dfc51e2ef5b2ea5ec9a10f36fc6f8a5a80f2503447346b24d36b65ed

    Cast Esper Sentinel

All-Fates Scroll

Conditional loves

Artifact · Mana cost: {3}

Perspective
same controller
Status
conditional
Signed compatibility
1.000
Positive impact
1.000
Negative impact
0.000
Mechanical evidence

  1. Source ability cef5361a-a189-4e05-a8b8-fc764aed73b9:0:0:abilities-8:34b815affad11ace368b9c72c28bcb3e1ee9b41b6c7b31221aa1c9c3bf7feef8 supplies the exact mana input used by target ability 5def9f38-0a0b-4e8d-9f9d-29dcb46520b4:0:cast:abilities-8:8e034732dfc51e2ef5b2ea5ec9a10f36fc6f8a5a80f2503447346b24d36b65ed. This grants cast (hand → stack).

    enables · mana · impact 1.000 · conditional

    Conditions: target ability requires timing=sorcery; target resource requires action_kind=creature_spell

    Source evidence

    Source ability: cef5361a-a189-4e05-a8b8-fc764aed73b9:0:0:abilities-8:34b815affad11ace368b9c72c28bcb3e1ee9b41b6c7b31221aa1c9c3bf7feef8

    {T}: Add one mana of any color.

    Target ability: 5def9f38-0a0b-4e8d-9f9d-29dcb46520b4:0:cast:abilities-8:8e034732dfc51e2ef5b2ea5ec9a10f36fc6f8a5a80f2503447346b24d36b65ed

    Cast Esper Sentinel

Ancient Cornucopia

Conditional loves

Artifact · Mana cost: {2}{G}

Perspective
same controller
Status
conditional
Signed compatibility
1.000
Positive impact
1.000
Negative impact
0.000
Mechanical evidence

  1. Source ability f0950c95-a297-489d-b166-74bba6af5376:0:1:abilities-8:4e34dcfb894c64b2ff84cbe31ab8a9b6e269301789dc8fac2ec0443816bfc872 supplies the exact mana input used by target ability 5def9f38-0a0b-4e8d-9f9d-29dcb46520b4:0:cast:abilities-8:8e034732dfc51e2ef5b2ea5ec9a10f36fc6f8a5a80f2503447346b24d36b65ed. This grants cast (hand → stack).

    enables · mana · impact 1.000 · conditional

    Conditions: target ability requires timing=sorcery; target resource requires action_kind=creature_spell

    Source evidence

    Source ability: f0950c95-a297-489d-b166-74bba6af5376:0:1:abilities-8:4e34dcfb894c64b2ff84cbe31ab8a9b6e269301789dc8fac2ec0443816bfc872

    {T}: Add one mana of any color.

    Target ability: 5def9f38-0a0b-4e8d-9f9d-29dcb46520b4:0:cast:abilities-8:8e034732dfc51e2ef5b2ea5ec9a10f36fc6f8a5a80f2503447346b24d36b65ed

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Potential opposing interactions

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