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Shipwreck Sentry
Oracle Text
Defender
As long as an artifact entered the battlefield under your control this turn, this creature can attack as though it didn't have defender.
Card Details
Mana CostCharacter Background
Shipwreck Sentry is a deceptively efficient two‑mana 3/3 that reads like a tempo engine: normally a stout blocker thanks to defender, it flips into an attacker any turn you make an artifact enter the battlefield, letting you cash in a low-cost artifact play for surprise damage. That makes it ideal in tempo or aggro-leaning artifact shells and pirate decks that can reliably produce cheap artifacts or Treasure tokens on demand; play it with one‑mana artifact creatures, zero‑mana mana rocks, or cards that create artifact tokens to turn defense into immediate offense. Deckbuilding-wise, pack multiple inexpensive ETB artifacts and repeatable token generators so the Sentry’s conditional attack isn’t a one-off—bounce, flicker, or recur effects increase its value—and consider blue removal or counterspells to protect the tempo swing after it attacks. As a floor it’s a stout blocker; as a ceiling it’s a surprise two‑drop that pressures opponents while fitting naturally into tempo and value-oriented artifact strategies.
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Character Background
Shipwreck Sentry is a deceptively efficient two‑mana 3/3 that reads like a tempo engine: normally a stout blocker thanks to defender, it flips into an attacker any turn you make an artifact enter the battlefield, letting you cash in a low-cost artifact play for surprise damage. That makes it ideal in tempo or aggro-leaning artifact shells and pirate decks that can reliably produce cheap artifacts or Treasure tokens on demand; play it with one‑mana artifact creatures, zero‑mana mana rocks, or cards that create artifact tokens to turn defense into immediate offense. Deckbuilding-wise, pack multiple inexpensive ETB artifacts and repeatable token generators so the Sentry’s conditional attack isn’t a one-off—bounce, flicker, or recur effects increase its value—and consider blue removal or counterspells to protect the tempo swing after it attacks. As a floor it’s a stout blocker; as a ceiling it’s a surprise two‑drop that pressures opponents while fitting naturally into tempo and value-oriented artifact strategies.
Generated using gpt-5-mini · Updated at 2026-05-16 09:40:42 UTC