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Sunbond

Enchantment — Aura

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "Whenever you gain life, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature."

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Born of the Gods
Price
$0.46
EDHREC rank
#8389
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Sunbond card art
Sunbond turns any lifegain trigger into a permanent power pump — stack enough +1/+1 counters on a Walking Ballista and you have a removal engine or a one-shot kill without spending another card. The cost is four mana for an aura that does nothing the turn it resolves and dies to any enchantment removal alongside its host.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Killian, Ink Duelist

Killian, Ink Duelist

40.5% of decks · synergy 0.39

Killian, Ink Duelist reduces Sunbond to two mana, which matters enormously for an aura that needs to survive a full turn cycle before generating value — cheaper means less exposure, and Killian's lifelink guarantees the first batch of counters the moment he connects.

02
Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor

Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor

24.7% of decks · synergy 0.23

Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor generates a steady stream of 1/1 tokens that can wear Sunbond and balloon into a lethal attacker off incidental lifegain, and the deck's wide go-tall tension is exactly where Sunbond converts board presence into a closing threat.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Sunbond is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is the only format where it sees real play. In 60-card formats, four mana for an aura with no immediate impact is a liability — aggressive decks kill you before the counters matter, and midrange or control shells have cleaner payoffs for lifegain synergy. Commander's slower clock, dedicated lifegain commanders, and combo-friendly rule set create the exact conditions Sunbond needs: time to untap, a commander that reliably triggers the ability, and a combo outlet like Walking Ballista to cash the counters in. Oathbreaker is plausible in the right shell but has too small a card pool and too few dedicated lifegain signatures to make Sunbond a priority.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

634 decks
Spike FeederSunbond

Spike FeederSunbond

Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control

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Price Context

Current price

$0.46 bulk tier

At $0.46, Sunbond is firmly bulk — you're paying for cardboard and postage, not the card. That price is stable; it's not a sleeper and not a spec target, just a cheap piece for the decks that genuinely want it.

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