Sunblade Elf
Creature — Elf Warrior
This creature gets +1/+1 as long as you control a Plains.
: Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Magic 2015
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #25841
Sunblade Elf is a one-mana 1/1 that pumps your whole team and gains lifelink with enough white mana invested — the effect is real, but the activation cost is steep enough that it belongs only in dedicated white-heavy multicolor lists. Outside of those shells, it's too expensive to turn on and too small to matter on its own.
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 |
In Commander, Sunblade Elf is a role-player in Selesnya go-wide lists — the anthem effect scales with board width and lifelink on the whole team is a legitimate stabilizer, but it only earns its slot when you can reliably activate it. In Modern and Legacy it's simply outclassed: one-mana creatures need immediate board impact, and Sunblade Elf asks for too much mana over too many turns to compete. Pioneer is the same story — the format has faster threats and cheaper anthems at every slot. Oathbreaker narrows the field enough that a white-green spell-slinger shell could justify it, but the competition from stronger one-drops is stiff everywhere.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Sunblade Elf is pure bulk — you're not paying a premium for anything here. Demand is low enough that the price is unlikely to move, so pick it up whenever you want without a second thought about timing.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.