Seeker of Sunlight
Creature — Merfolk Scout
: This creature explores. Activate only as a sorcery. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #15555
Seeker of Sunlight is a two-mana 1/3 with vigilance that lets you pay one green to search for a basic land — solid body, relevant ability, but nothing that demands a slot in competitive lists. It fills a role in creature-based ramp packages, and the vigilance means it pulls double duty as a blocker, but you're running it because it fits a theme, not because it's the most efficient land-fetch available.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Seeker of Sunlight earns consideration in creature-typal or lifegain-adjacent green decks that want bodies doubling as ramp, especially when the gameplan rewards flooding the board with creatures rather than playing dedicated ramp spells. Outside Commander, it doesn't make the cut — Constructed formats from Pioneer upward have access to far more efficient two-mana plays, and the activated ramp ability is too slow and mana-intensive to matter in a 20-life race. Pauper is the one format where Seeker of Sunlight could see fringe play in a green creature shell that needs filler with upside, but even there it competes with more powerful common options.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Seeker of Sunlight is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not the card. At that price there's no value argument to make, but there's no financial risk either; pick up a copy if the effect fits your deck and move on.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.