Arashin Sunshield
Creature — Human Warrior
When this creature enters, exile up to two target cards from a single graveyard.
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: Tap target creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #21192
Arashin Sunshield distributes +1/+1 counters across your creatures at instant speed, and the ward 2 on a 1/4 body makes it annoying to remove on defense. The catch is the mana sink is expensive enough that you need a dedicated counter-proliferation or go-wide shell to justify the slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Arashin Sunshield is strictly a Commander card — the activated ability is too slow and mana-intensive to matter in any 60-card format where games end on turn four. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer the floor for a five-mana creature is "wins on its own or protects a combo," and Arashin Sunshield does neither. In Commander, the combination of ward 2 and a repeatable counter distribution makes it a reasonable inclusion in Simic or Selesnya counter-synergy decks, particularly alongside commanders that care about +1/+1 counters on multiple creatures. Pauper is the one other format where its defensive stats could matter, but the activation cost still limits it to very slow, grindy matchups.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Arashin Sunshield is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and postage, not the card itself. That price is stable because demand is narrow; it won't spike unless a major counter-synergy commander drives sudden interest.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.