Underworld Sentinel is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Whenever this creature attacks, exile target creature card from your graveyard. When this creature dies, put all cards exiled with it onto the battlefield.
Complete guide
Underworld Sentinel is a powerful Skeleton Soldier that turns your graveyard into a reserve for future reinforcements. By exiling creatures when it attacks, it ensures that your board remains resilient even in the face of destruction. This card is a must-have for players who enjoy recurring value and graveyard synergies.
Stockpiling the Graveyard
Whenever Underworld Sentinel attacks, its first ability triggers, allowing you to exile a creature card from your graveyard. This creates a linked connection between the Sentinel and the exiled cards. You can still declare an attack with this creature even if your graveyard is empty, though you simply won't exile anything in that case.
The Resurrection Trigger
When Underworld Sentinel dies, its second ability triggers and returns every card exiled with it directly to the battlefield. It is important to note that this only occurs if the Sentinel moves from the battlefield specifically to the graveyard. If the Sentinel is exiled or returned to your hand, the stored creatures remain in exile indefinitely, as the link is broken.
Timing and Control
The cards return under the control of whoever controlled the Sentinel when it died. If an opponent steals your Sentinel and it dies under their command, they will receive all the creatures currently exiled by it. In multiplayer games, keep in mind that if a player leaves the game, any cards they own (even if brought back by your Sentinel) leave the game with them.
Interaction examples
Solemn SimulacrumWith Solemn Simulacrum in your graveyard, attack with Underworld Sentinel to exile the Golem. When the Sentinel eventually dies, Solemn Simulacrum returns to the battlefield, letting you search for a land. If both die again later, you can repeat the process to continually ramp and draw cards.
Roaming ThroneIf Roaming Throne enters the battlefield choosing 'Skeleton', it will cause Underworld Sentinel's attack ability to trigger twice. This allows you to exile two creature cards from your graveyard per attack. When the Sentinel dies, both of those cards will be returned to the battlefield simultaneously.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Underworld Sentinel
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Underworld Sentinel can attack even if there’s no creature card in your graveyard to exile.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If you gain control of another player’s Underworld Sentinel and it then dies, you’ll put the exiled cards onto the battlefield under your control.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If Underworld Sentinel leaves the battlefield without dying, the exiled creature cards are exiled for the rest of the game. If Underworld Sentinel returns to the battlefield later, it’ll be a new object with no memory of the creatures it exiled previously.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
In a multiplayer game, if a player leaves the game, all cards that player owns leave as well. If you leave the game, any permanents you control from Underworld Sentinel but don’t own are exiled.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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