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Sigil Captain

Commander 2011 #225 uncommon
Creature — Rhino Soldier |
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Sigil Captain

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Live Value $0.38
Foil Multiplier: Flat Baseline (1.0x)
Reprint Profile:
Printed 2 times ELEVATED

Reprinted 2x total; appeared once in a dedicated reprint set (Commander 2011).

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Rarity
uncommon
Set Origin
Daily Shift
+2.70%
EDHREC Rank
#18,280
Mana Cost
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Oracle Data

Card Type Creature — Rhino Soldier
Color Identity Green , White
Power / Toughness 3 / 3
🖋️ Curator's Notes
Whenever a creature you control enters, if that creature is 1/1, put two +1/+1 counters on it.

""One sigil awarded for valor, the other awarded for surviving Hellkite's Pass.""

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Official Judge Precedents

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Sigil Captain's ability checks a creature's initial power and toughness upon being put on the battlefield, so it will take into account counters that it enters with and static abilities that may give it a continuous power boost once it's on the battlefield (such as the one on Glorious Anthem). After the creature is already on the battlefield, changing its power and toughness to 1/1 with a spell, activated ability, or triggered ability won't allow this ability to trigger; it's too late by then.

Sigil Captain's ability has an "intervening 'if' clause." That means (1) the ability won't trigger at all unless the creature that enters under your control is 1/1, and (2) the ability will do nothing unless that creature is still 1/1 at the time the ability resolves.

For that reason, two Sigil Captains don't work well together. When a 1/1 creature enters under your control, the abilities of both Sigil Captains will trigger. When the first resolves, two +1/+1 counters are put on the 1/1 creature. When the second resolves, it will do nothing because the creature that entered is now 3/3.

If, for some reason, Sigil Captain enters as a 1/1 creature (due to a pair of Engineered Plagues, for example), it will cause its own ability to trigger.

📜 Technical Attributes
Release Date: 2011-06-17
Artist Reference: Howard Lyon
Border Profile: black
✨ Variants & Finishes
Available Finishes Standard
Promo Status NO
Edition Status Reprint

Sanctioned Formats

standard not_legal
modern legal
legacy legal
commander legal
pioneer not_legal
pauper not_legal
vintage legal
brawl not_legal
explorer not_legal
penny legal
predh legal
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