Sunscape Battlemage
Creature — Human Wizard
Kicker 
and/or 
(You may pay an additional and/or as you cast this spell.)
When this creature enters, if it was kicked with its kicker, destroy target creature with flying.
When this creature enters, if it was kicked with its kicker, draw two cards.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GUW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #29839
Sunscape Battlemage offers two genuine modes — draw two cards or destroy a flyer — stapled to a 2/1 body that demands kicker mana to do either. The problem is paying 2W for the draw or 1G for the removal means you're spending four to five mana total on a creature that trades with a 2/2, and dedicated draw or removal spells do both jobs cheaper and more reliably.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Sunscape Battlemage is a fringe inclusion at best — the kicker costs stack up in a format where you're already competing with Swords to Plowshares and Harmonize for slots. Legacy and Vintage have access to the same card, but neither format is interested in a five-mana draw-two on a fragile body when Ancestral Recall and Brainstorm exist. Oathbreaker is the one context where its flexibility has marginal appeal in white-green signatures, but even there, more efficient options crowd it out.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Sunscape Battlemage is deep bulk — the kind of card that ends up in a common box and stays there. Don't expect price movement; there's no competitive demand driving it up.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.