The Sentry (Main) by Chromedeception

Format: Commander

Commander: The Sentry, Golden Guardian

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-white Voltron control deck built around The Sentry, Golden Guardian. The strategy relies on deploying an indestructible, flying 5/5 commander on Turn 3 or 4, protecting it with an extensive suite of low-cost protection spells, and eliminating opponents one by one through commander damage. The deck turns The Sentry's drawback—gifting an opponent The Void—into an advantage by employing damage-redirection enchantments like Pariah and With Great Power . . ., which force all incoming damage harmlessly onto the indestructible commander. Board sweepers like Slash the Ranks and Single Combat clear opposing blockers while leaving The Sentry intact. Dense 1-to-2 mana ramp supports consistent Turn 3-4 deployment, and unblockable equipment ensures combat connections. While the deck boasts formidable resilience against destroy effects and targeted removal, its win condition remains inherently slow, requiring multiple turn cycles to defeat three opponents in succession.

Decklist (106 cards)

  • 1 Alseid of Life's Bounty
  • 1 Apostle's Blessing
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Bastion Protector
  • 1 Benevolent Bodyguard
  • 1 Blacksmith's Skill
  • 1 Brave the Elements
  • 1 Chariot of Victory
  • 1 Cliffside Rescuer
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Court of Grace
  • 1 Crush Contraband
  • 1 Emerge Unscathed
  • 1 Entangler
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Faith's Shield
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Giver of Runes
  • 1 Gods Willing
  • 1 Gold Myr
  • 1 Guildless Commons
  • 1 Haunted Cloak
  • 1 Idyllic Grange
  • 1 Key to the City
  • 1 Kindred Judgment
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Koth of the Homestead
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Loran's Escape
  • 1 Loyal Tutor
  • 1 Loyal Warhound
  • 1 Manifold Key
  • 1 Marble Diamond
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mirror Shield
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 O-Naginata
  • 1 Oblation
  • 1 Ondu Inversion // Ondu Skyruins
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Oswald Fiddlebender
  • 1 Palladium Myr
  • 1 Pariah
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 30 Plains
  • 1 Prowler's Helm
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Radiant Fountain
  • 1 Remorseful Cleric
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
  • 1 Single Combat
  • 1 Skrelv, Defector Mite
  • 1 Skyclave Relic
  • 1 Slash the Ranks
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spirit Mantle
  • 1 Super-Soldier Serum
  • 1 Surgical Precision
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Thalia, the Survivor
  • 1 The Restoration of Eiganjo // Architect of Restoration
  • 1 The Sentry, Golden Guardian
  • 1 Trailblazer's Boots
  • 1 Vorrac Battlehorns
  • 1 With Great Power . . .
  • 1 Your Fate Ends Here