Sun's Bounty
Instant
You gain 4 life.
Recover 
(When a creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay . If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Otherwise, exile this card.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Coldsnap
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #28189
Sun's Bounty gains you 4 life and puts a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control for two mana — a two-for-one that pulls double duty in life-matters and counter-based strategies. It's a bulk common for a reason, but in the right shell it punches above its price tag.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Sun's Bounty is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker — but the only formats where it realistically sees play are Commander and Pauper. In Commander, it slots into life-gain payoff decks where every point of life gained triggers an effect, and the counter stapled on top means it does two jobs at once. In Pauper, the common restriction makes Sun's Bounty a candidate for white life-gain aggro shells that want cheap, redundant triggers. Legacy, Modern, and Vintage ignore it entirely — the effect is too slow and too small to matter in those environments.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Sun's Bounty sits firmly in bulk territory — it's a card you pick up as a throw-in, not one you track down. Bulk commons don't appreciate, so treat it as a free inclusion if you already own it, not a pickup worth hunting.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.