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Blazing Sunsteel

Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature gets +1/+0 for each opponent you have.
Whenever equipped creature is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to any target.
Equip {4}

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
rare
Set
Commander Legends
Price
$2.94
EDHREC rank
#6865
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Blazing Sunsteel card art
Blazing Sunsteel turns every point of damage dealt to its equipped creature into a fireball aimed anywhere — opponents, planeswalkers, or the creature itself — and that snowballing threat costs only three mana to cast and one to equip. Pair it with Brash Taunter or Wayta, Trainer Prodigy and the damage loop closes fast enough to end games on the spot.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Wayta, Trainer Prodigy

Wayta, Trainer Prodigy

33.5% of decks · synergy 0.33

Wayta, Trainer Prodigy's fight-on-a-stick ability repeatedly pings the equipped creature, and Blazing Sunsteel redirects each of those triggers into direct damage — equip it, fight once, and the loop threatens lethal immediately.

02
Wyleth, Soul of Steel

Wyleth, Soul of Steel

31.2% of decks · synergy 0.30

Wyleth, Soul of Steel draws cards for every aura and equipment attached to it, so Blazing Sunsteel pulls double duty: it fuels the card-draw engine while turning combat damage into a pressure valve that forces blocks or kills players.

03
Piru, the Volatile

Piru, the Volatile

21.2% of decks · synergy 0.21

Piru, the Volatile deals damage to all non-Legendary creatures when it dies, and Blazing Sunsteel can redirect that board-sweeping burst as a final act — a clean way to convert a sacrifice trigger into lethal damage across the table.

04
Ashling the Pilgrim

Ashling the Pilgrim

20.8% of decks · synergy 0.20

Ashling the Pilgrim grows by dealing damage to itself, and Blazing Sunsteel converts every counter-adding activation into free pings elsewhere — each pump on Ashling becomes an additional damage source that hits whatever you choose.

05
Indoraptor, the Perfect Hybrid

Indoraptor, the Perfect Hybrid

14.6% of decks · synergy 0.14

Indoraptor, the Perfect Hybrid goads opponents' creatures into attacks, which means they're dealing damage to your board regularly; Blazing Sunsteel equipped to Indoraptor turns each of those forced hits into retaliatory damage sent directly at its source or controller.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Blazing Sunsteel is a Commander card through and through — the format's longer games and creature-heavy tables give the redirected damage ability room to snowball in ways that would never resolve in faster formats. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; three mana for a conditional damage redirector competes poorly with the efficient threats those formats demand. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander environment where it can find a home, particularly in aggressive Boros or Gruul shells that can protect the equipped creature long enough to close the loop.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$2.94 cheap tier

At $2.94, Blazing Sunsteel sits comfortably in the cheap tier — accessible for nearly any budget and easy to slot into a deck without deliberation. It sees enough play in dedicated Wayta and Wyleth lists to hold that floor, and its combo potential keeps it from bottoming out further.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.