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Sun-Crowned Hunters

Creature — Dinosaur

Enrage — Whenever this creature is dealt damage, it deals 3 damage to target opponent or planeswalker.

CMC
6
Mana cost
{4}{R}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
common
Set
The List
Price
$0.25
EDHREC rank
#14548
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Sun-Crowned Hunters card art
Sun-Crowned Hunters puts 3 damage on any target every time it takes damage — stack that with Blazing Sunsteel and you have a ping loop that kills the table without attacking. The cost is a clunky six mana for a 5/6 with no evasion, so it does nothing until Wayta, Trainer Prodigy or a similar enabler gives it a damage trigger to chain off of.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Wayta, Trainer Prodigy

Wayta, Trainer Prodigy

30.1% of decks · synergy 0.29

Wayta, Trainer Prodigy reduces the activation cost of fight effects to zero and lets Sun-Crowned Hunters trade damage with other creatures for free, meaning every fight fires the 3-damage trigger without spending combat steps or external spells.

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

Sun-Crowned Hunters is a Commander card in practice — the combo ceiling is real, but six mana for a 5/6 is never a competitive rate in Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, and better infinite-damage engines exist in every one of those formats. In Pauper it's legal but irrelevant; the format kills you before you untap with six lands. Commander is the only place the triggered damage ability has time and space to matter, especially in a dedicated Wayta, Trainer Prodigy list where fight effects are free and repeatable.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.25 bulk tier

At $0.25, Sun-Crowned Hunters is bulk, and it should stay there — demand is narrow enough that a reprint wouldn't even register. Pick it up for its combo role without any hesitation over price.

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