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Sentinel of the Nameless City

First printed in The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (2023)

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Sentinel of the Nameless City

Creature — Merfolk Warrior Scout

Vigilance
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, create a Map token. (It's an artifact with "1 generic, tap, Sacrifice this token: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery.")

In the last 30 days 1.1% of Standard decks played it (16 of 1416). Most played in BRG (unclassified). In the last 30 days 0.2% of Pioneer decks played it (1 of 408). Most played in Golgari Midrange.

In Limited on MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Win rates of Sentinel of the Nameless City in Limited
Set GIH WR vs set IWD Games
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI), Premier Draft 64.4% +9.1 +11.0 11909
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI), Sealed 66.2% +10.6 +13.1 1530
GIH WR
win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set
points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD
improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games
games in which the card was seen

Legality

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta
share of the archetype in the format
Play it
decks of the archetype that play this card
Together
decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift
how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Standard Other periods →

In 16 of 1416 decks (1.1%).

Share of decks
1.1%
▼ 1.6 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-13: 0.7% 2026-08-20: 0.0% 2026-08-27: 0.0% 2026-09-03: 0.0% 2026-09-10: 6.1% 2026-09-17: 2.3% 2026-09-24: 1.4% 2026-10-01: 1.0% 2026-10-08: 0.8% 2026-10-15: 1.4% 2026-10-22: 1.4%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
16
15 main, 5 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
64%
3 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
BRG (unclassified) 8.5% 13%
WG (unclassified) 0.7% 10%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Starting Town100%3.2
Gene Pollinator93%11.8
Obsessive Pursuit93%11.7
Biotech Specialist93%11.7
Lively Dirge93%11.7
Greedy Freebooter93%11.6
Umbral Collar Zealot93%11.6
The Sackville-Bagginses93%11.4
Blooming Marsh93%10.6
Stomping Ground93%9.5

Best win rate

DeckRecord
BRG
pizzangry in Standard Challenge 16
8-1
89%
BRG
pizzangry in Standard Challenge 32
7-1
88%
BRG
harrowhark in Standard Challenge 32
7-2
78%
BRG
mahou_54331 in Standard Challenge 16
2-4
33%
BRG
VampireDiaries in Standard Challenge 32
2-4
33%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
BRG
pizzangry,
1 main 5-0
BRG
LordEgg,
1 main #29
1-2
BRG
Itamar Barzilai,
1 main
1 side
#38
BRG
Andrew Edwards,
1 main #43
BRG
Alex Waters,
1 main #48
BRG
André Moreira,
1 main #105
BRG
mahou_54331,
1 main #29
2-4
BRG
ScavengingBooze,
1 main 5-0

Pioneer Other periods →

In 1 of 408 decks (0.2%).

Share of decks
0.2%
▼ 1.0 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-13: 4.3% 2026-08-20: 3.7% 2026-08-27: 2.2% 2026-09-03: 1.0% 2026-09-10: 1.1% 2026-09-17: 1.3% 2026-09-24: 0.0% 2026-10-01: 0.0% 2026-10-08: 0.8% 2026-10-15: 0.0% 2026-10-22: 0.0%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
1
1 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
2.0
in the main deck
Win rate
60%
0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Golgari Midrange 8.8% 3%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Golgari Midrange
nahuel10 in Pioneer Challenge 16
3-2
60%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Golgari Midrange
nahuel10,
2 main #12
3-2

Commander Other periods →

In 2 of 6150 decks (0.0%).

Share of decks
0.0%
= vs previous 30 days
2026-08-20: 0.0% 2026-08-27: 0.1% 2026-09-03: 0.0% 2026-09-10: 0.0% 2026-09-17: 0.1% 2026-09-24: 0.0% 2026-10-01: 0.1% 2026-10-08: 0.0% 2026-10-15: 0.1% 2026-10-22: 0.0%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
2
2 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
–
0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan 0.0% 100%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan
Davide Nemo,
1 main #17
0-2
Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan
Davide Nemo,
1 main #20
0-2

Duel Commander Other periods →

In 2 of 80 decks (2.5%).

Share of decks
2.5%
▲ 1.7 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-13: 0.0% 2026-08-20: 4.4% 2026-08-27: 0.0% 2026-09-03: 5.3% 2026-09-10: 0.0% 2026-09-17: 0.0% 2026-09-24: 0.0% 2026-10-01: 0.0% 2026-10-08: 5.7% 2026-10-15: 0.0% 2026-10-22: 0.0%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
2
2 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
–
0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
RG (unclassified) 7.5% 33%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
RG
CardGameAddict,
1 main 5-0
RG
AntoninG,
1 main 5-0

No recent decks in: Modern, Legacy, Vintage.