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Channel the Suns

Sorcery

Add {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{G}
Color identity
BGRUW
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Fifth Dawn
Price
$0.69
EDHREC rank
#17166
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Channel the Suns card art
Channel the Suns drops five mana of all five colors into your mana pool the turn you cast it — effectively a five-mana spell that refunds four of them if you have anything to spend them on immediately. The catch is that "immediately" is mandatory; the mana empties at end of step, so without a payoff ready, notably something like Nivix Guildmage to use the mana on the spot, you're just casting a four-mana ritual with no lasting effect.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Channel the Suns is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it only matters in one of them. In Legacy and Vintage, dedicated ritual chains have faster and more flexible options, so Channel the Suns never sees serious play there. Modern has no shell that wants a five-mana sorcery-speed mana burst for a one-turn effect. Commander is the format where it earns a slot — specifically in five-color decks or any commander that wants to cast a massive spell the same turn it resolves, where the color fixing is as valuable as the mana itself.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.69 bulk tier

At $0.69, Channel the Suns sits at the high end of bulk but hasn't crossed into staple territory where prices stabilize. It's cheap enough to pick up without thinking, though narrow demand means it's unlikely to appreciate.

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