Sunpetal Grove
Land
This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or a Plains.
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ixalan Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #136
Sunpetal Grove enters untapped for free as long as you control a Forest or Plains — which, in any Selesnya deck, is almost always true by turn two. It's a reliable dual that earns its slot without asking much in return; Dogmeat, Ever Loyal decks running both green and white pips are exactly the shell where this land does its job quietly and well.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Dogmeat, Ever Loyal
Dogmeat, Ever Loyal runs a wide green-white engine that needs both colors online early, and Sunpetal Grove reliably delivers that without entering tapped — keeping the curve from stalling on the critical turns two and three.
Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER demands consistent access to both white and green mana to fuel its creature-based gameplan, and Sunpetal Grove is one of the cleanest ways to supply that in a color pair without paying a premium land slot tax.
Felothar the Steadfast
Felothar the Steadfast leans on a tight mana curve where early stumbles cost real momentum, so Sunpetal Grove's ability to enter untapped from turn two onward makes it a near-automatic inclusion.
Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit // Sam, Loyal Attendant
Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit // Sam, Loyal Attendant wants both colors present and accounted for as fast as possible to protect and pump Frodo, and Sunpetal Grove is one of the easiest untapped duals in the format for a deck that's almost always landing a Forest or Plains in the first two turns.
Tidus, Yuna's Guardian
Tidus, Yuna's Guardian runs a tempo-forward game where tapped lands compound into lost attacks and missed triggers, making Sunpetal Grove's clean untap condition a meaningful structural edge over worse duals.
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 |
Sunpetal Grove is a staple in Commander, where the format's slower pace means you'll nearly always have a Forest or Plains in play by the time you cast it — and untapped duals at this price point are hard to pass up in Selesnya, Bant, or any three-color shell touching both colors. In Modern and Pioneer, it sees play in creature-heavy green-white strategies where the conditional untap is easy to satisfy but the competition from shocklands and fetchlands is stiff enough that it typically settles into budget builds or as copies five and six of a dual effect. Legacy and Vintage have access to better options and rarely reach for Sunpetal Grove. Pauper and Standard can't run it, but that doesn't matter much — the card's home is clearly the 100-card singleton format where reliable, affordable fixing is always welcome.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data isn't available at the moment, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for the current market rate. Sunpetal Grove has been reprinted several times across multiple sets, which historically keeps it accessible — it's rarely the kind of card that breaks a budget.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Dogmeat, Ever Loyal
- Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
- Felothar the Steadfast
- Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit // Sam, Loyal Attendant
- Tidus, Yuna's Guardian
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.