Burning Sun's Avatar
Creature — Dinosaur Avatar
When this creature enters, it deals 3 damage to target opponent or planeswalker and 3 damage to up to one target creature.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ixalan
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #10050
Burning Sun's Avatar enters and immediately punches a creature for 3 and a player for 3 — six total damage on a body that doesn't need to attack to matter. The cost is six mana and no evasion on the creature itself, which is a real ask, but in Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood it earns its slot by generating six power worth of mana on entry.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood
Burning Sun's Avatar enters as a 6/6, and Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood converts that power directly into six red mana on the same turn — the Avatar effectively pays for itself and then some, fueling the next threat down the chain.
Gishath, Sun's Avatar
Burning Sun's Avatar is a Dinosaur, which means Gishath, Sun's Avatar can flip it off a combat trigger for free, and once it's on the board it clears a blocker and pings a player before Gishath swings again.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Burning Sun's Avatar is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially no play outside Commander. Six mana for a 6/6 with a damage trigger is too slow and too matchup-dependent for competitive eternal formats where the game is often decided before turn four. In Commander it finds its niche specifically in Dinosaur tribal lists and Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood engines, where the enter-the-battlefield trigger pulls double duty and the mana cost is offset by ramp or cost reduction.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Burning Sun's Avatar is firmly bulk — niche tribal demand keeps it from being a true throw-in, but it won't appreciate meaningfully without a reprint into a pushed Standard environment. Pick it up freely for any list that wants it; there's no reason to hesitate at this price.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood
- Gishath, Sun's Avatar
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.