
Sentinel Tower
Card Information
Type: Artifact
Mana Cost: 4
CMC: 4
Part of the Reserved List: No
Set: Battlebond (BBD)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 79
Oracle Text
Whenever an instant or sorcery spell is cast during your turn, this artifact deals damage to any target equal to 1 plus the number of instant and sorcery spells cast before that spell this turn.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- June 8, 2018
For example, the first instant or sorcery spell cast during your turn causes Sentinel Tower to deal 1 damage; the second causes it to deal 2 damage, and so on.
Source: wotc - June 8, 2018
You choose the target for Sentinel Tower’s ability, regardless of who cast the spell that caused it to trigger.
Source: wotc - June 8, 2018
Sentinel Tower’s ability counts all instant and sorcery spells cast in the turn before the spell that caused it to trigger, even if those spells are still on the stack or have been countered.
Source: wotc - June 8, 2018
Sentinel Tower’s ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.
Source: wotc
Price History

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