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Oreskos Sun Guide

Creature — Cat Monk

Inspired — Whenever this creature becomes untapped, you gain 2 life.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
common
Set
Born of the Gods
Price
$0.16
EDHREC rank
#17920
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Oreskos Sun Guide card art
Oreskos Sun Guide gains you life on each attack — unremarkable in isolation, but pair it with Freed from the Real and a mana-positive tap outlet and it becomes an infinite life engine. The Archimandrite turns that life total into a win condition, which is the only context where Oreskos Sun Guide earns a deck slot.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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The Archimandrite

The Archimandrite

27.5% of decks · synergy 0.27

The Archimandrite converts life gain into card draw and pumps Cat Monk tokens, making Oreskos Sun Guide a functional combo piece rather than a blank — it shows up in over 27% of Archimandrite lists for exactly that reason.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Oreskos Sun Guide is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Pauper, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it's only doing real work in Commander. In Pauper it's technically playable but a two-mana 2/2 with a marginal triggered ability doesn't clear the bar in that format's efficient creature pool. Everywhere else, the card is outclassed so thoroughly it isn't worth discussing. Commander is the one format where infinite combo assembly and life-gain synergy commanders make Oreskos Sun Guide a legitimate include rather than a draft leftover.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.16 bulk tier

At $0.16, Oreskos Sun Guide is pure bulk — grab a copy out of a dollar bin and don't think twice about the price. Bulk combo pieces at this price floor rarely spike unless a commander breaks them wide open, and Oreskos Sun Guide is niche enough that its ceiling stays low.

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