Sunlance
Sorcery
Sunlance deals 3 damage to target nonwhite creature.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #23114
Sunlance kills a nonwhite creature for one mana at sorcery speed — that's a clean rate, but the color restriction is a real cost. Most competitive removal at this price point hits anything, so Sunlance only earns its slot in mono-white builds where the nonwhite clause rarely bites.
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 |
In Commander, Sunlance competes against Path to Exile and Swords to Plowshares, which hit any creature and cost the same or less — so it's a budget filler in mono-white builds, not a first choice. Pauper is where Sunlance is most at home: mono-white aggro and Soldiers lists want cheap removal that doesn't require a rare slot, and the nonwhite restriction rarely matters when opponents are running Faeries or Goblins. In Legacy and Vintage it's strictly outclassed by Swords to Plowshares. Modern has better options at every point on the curve, so Sunlance sees essentially no play there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, Sunlance is bulk — buy it without thinking if you need a one-mana removal spell for a budget mono-white list. There's no meaningful price floor to worry about; it's a common that gets reprinted freely and will stay at this tier.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.