Crested Sunmare
Creature — Horse
Other Horses you control have indestructible.
At the beginning of each end step, if you gained life this turn, create a 5/5 white Horse creature token.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Hour of Devastation Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #4538
Crested Sunmare puts a 5/5 indestructible Horse token into play at the end of every turn your team gains life — that's a board-state problem opponents have to answer immediately or lose to attrition. Five mana is the honest cost of a card that generates indestructible bodies on a loop, and Thurid, Mare of Destiny turns that loop into something closer to a game-ending engine.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Thurid, Mare of Destiny
Thurid, Mare of Destiny is the natural home — her ability to grant lifelink to Horses means Crested Sunmare's own tokens can trigger the next end-step token, creating a self-sustaining loop without needing outside life-gain support.
Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
Trostani, Selesnya's Voice gains life whenever a creature enters under your control, so Crested Sunmare's tokens immediately fuel more tokens — each 5/5 arrival pays for the next one.
Oloro, Ageless Ascetic
Oloro, Ageless Ascetic drips life gain at the start of every upkeep from the command zone, which is exactly the steady, repeatable trigger Crested Sunmare needs to produce a Horse token on each opponent's end step as well as your own.
Shanna, Purifying Blade
Shanna, Purifying Blade converts life gain into card draw, so Crested Sunmare's token engine doubles as a draw engine — every 5/5 that enters triggers Shanna and refills your hand.
Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn
Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn distributes +1/+1 counters whenever you gain life, turning Crested Sunmare's token triggers into a counters-and-bodies combination that scales board presence in two directions simultaneously.
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 |
Commander is where Crested Sunmare lives — multiplayer games run long enough that the end-of-turn token trigger fires repeatedly, and indestructible 5/5s compound fast when opponents can't profitably block into them. In Modern and Pioneer, five mana is a steep ask for a payoff that does nothing the turn it lands and folds to any bounce or exile effect before the end step arrives. Legacy and Vintage are too fast for a fair five-drop that needs combat steps to close games. Crested Sunmare sees essentially zero competitive play outside Commander, but inside that format it is a legitimate finisher in any deck built around reliable life gain.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data isn't available in the current feed for Crested Sunmare, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number before buying. It has been reprinted, so copies are generally accessible — it's not a card you should need to hunt for.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.