Sunscape Master
Creature — Human Wizard
, 
: Creatures you control get +2/+2 until end of turn.
, : Return target creature to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GUW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Invasion
- Price
- $0.37
- EDHREC rank
- #29609
Sunscape Master puts two relevant abilities on a four-mana body — tapping to bounce nongreen permanents or pumping all white and blue creatures — but four mana for a 2/2 with activated abilities that cost additional mana is a steep ask in any powered environment. It's a bulk rare for a reason: the ceiling exists, the floor is embarrassing.
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 |
Sunscape Master is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, the bounce ability can generate value in a dedicated tap-and-untap shell or alongside flicker effects, and the pump mode has niche use in white-blue go-wide strategies — but both activations cost additional mana on top of the four to cast it, making the card slow even by casual standards. Legacy and Vintage move too fast to give a 2/2 the turns it needs to matter. Oathbreaker is the one context where its niche synergies could see occasional play, but even there better options exist at the same price point.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.37 bulk tier
At $0.37, Sunscape Master is deep bulk — the kind of card that sits in a dollar box and gets bought for Commander experimentation rather than competitive demand. Don't expect the price to move; there's no spike scenario for a four-mana 2/2 with conditional activated abilities.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.