Cards/Commander 2011/Sigil Captain
Sigil Captain
Creature — Rhino Soldier
Oracle Text
Whenever a creature you control enters, if that creature is 1/1, put two +1/+1 counters on it.
"One sigil awarded for valor, the other awarded for surviving Hellkite's Pass."
P / T
3 / 3
- Set
- Commander 2011 (CMD)
- Number
- #225
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Artist
- Howard Lyon
- Frame
- 2003
- Border
- Black
- Language
- EN
- Finishes
- Nonfoil
- USD
- $0.36
- EUR
- €0.27
- MTGO Tix
- 0.04
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Sigil Captain's ability checks a creature's initial power and toughness upon being put on the battlefield, so it will take into account counters that it enters with and static abilities that may give it a continuous power boost once it's on the battlefield (such as the one on Glorious Anthem). After the creature is already on the battlefield, changing its power and toughness to 1/1 with a spell, activated ability, or triggered ability won't allow this ability to trigger; it's too late by then.
Sigil Captain's ability has an "intervening 'if' clause." That means (1) the ability won't trigger at all unless the creature that enters under your control is 1/1, and (2) the ability will do nothing unless that creature is still 1/1 at the time the ability resolves.
For that reason, two Sigil Captains don't work well together. When a 1/1 creature enters under your control, the abilities of both Sigil Captains will trigger. When the first resolves, two +1/+1 counters are put on the 1/1 creature. When the second resolves, it will do nothing because the creature that entered is now 3/3.
Print Details
- Set
- Commander 2011 (CMD)
- Number
- #225
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Artist
- Howard Lyon
- Frame
- 2003
- Border
- Black
- Language
- EN
- Finishes
- Nonfoil
Value
- USD
- $0.36
- EUR
- €0.27
- MTGO Tix
- 0.04
Indicative figures.


