---
name: "Kinscaer Sentry"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Kithkin Soldier"
colors: []
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Lifelink", "First strike"]
set: "ECL"
set_name: "Lorwyn Eclipsed"
collector_number: "22"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Kev Fang"
oracle_id: "fdf0fba8-f335-419c-b96b-e99037727c43"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/kinscaer-sentry-ecl"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Kinscaer Sentry
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Kithkin Soldier
- **Keywords:** Lifelink, First strike

## Oracle Text
First strike, lifelink
Whenever this creature attacks, you may put a creature card with mana value X or less from your hand onto the battlefield tapped and attacking, where X is the number of attacking creatures you control.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Preeminent Captain](/printing/preeminent-captain-m15.md) — Creature — Kithkin Soldier
2. [Knight of Meadowgrain](/printing/knight-of-meadowgrain-ddg.md) — Creature — Kithkin Knight
3. [Mosquito Guard](/printing/mosquito-guard-ddf.md) — Creature — Kithkin Soldier
4. [Ballynock Cohort](/printing/ballynock-cohort-ema.md) — Creature — Kithkin Soldier
5. [Kinsbaile Skirmisher](/printing/kinsbaile-skirmisher-ddo.md) — Creature — Kithkin Soldier
6. [Thoughtweft Trio](/printing/thoughtweft-trio-lrw.md) — Creature — Kithkin Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Lorwyn Eclipsed (ECL) #22
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Kev Fang

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2025-11-17)* If a card in your hand has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.
- *(2025-11-17)* The value of X is calculated only once, as Kinscaer Sentry's last ability resolves.
- *(2025-11-17)* You choose the player, planeswalker, or battle the creature you put onto the battlefield is attacking. It doesn't have to attack the same player, planeswalker, or battle as Kinscaer Sentry.
- *(2025-11-17)* Although the creatures put onto the battlefield with Kinscaer Sentry enter as attacking creatures, they were never declared as attacking creatures. Abilities that trigger whenever a creature attacks won't trigger when the creatures enter attacking.