---
name: "Desperate Sentry"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Human Soldier"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Delirium"]
set: "EMN"
set_name: "Eldritch Moon"
collector_number: "21"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Mathias Kollros"
oracle_id: "72e0f7f2-1d04-4ea8-a6e8-4d6a13aae9c7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/desperate-sentry-emn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Desperate Sentry
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Soldier
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/2
- **Keywords:** Delirium

## Oracle Text
When this creature dies, create a 3/2 colorless Eldrazi Horror creature token.
Delirium — This creature gets +3/+0 as long as there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Otherworldly Outburst](/printing/otherworldly-outburst-emn.md) — Instant
2. [Enlightened Maniac](/printing/enlightened-maniac-plst.md) — Creature — Human
3. [Gnarlwood Dryad](/printing/gnarlwood-dryad-dsc.md) — Creature — Dryad Horror
4. [Emrakul's Evangel](/printing/emrakuls-evangel-emn.md) — Creature — Human Horror
5. [Backwoods Survivalists](/printing/backwoods-survivalists-emn.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
6. [Paranoid Parish-Blade](/printing/paranoid-parish-blade-soi.md) — Creature — Human Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Eldritch Moon (EMN) #21
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Mathias Kollros
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`