Sunscorched Divide
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #877
Sunscorched Divide enters tapped and produces two colors, but its real job is putting a land card in the graveyard — which makes it a staple in any deck that cares about what's buried under the battlefield. Dogmeat, Ever Loyal decks run it because that mill-to-graveyard trigger is the engine, not a downside.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Dogmeat, Ever Loyal
Dogmeat, Ever Loyal mills two when Sunscorched Divide enters, feeding the graveyard-matters triggers that define the entire archetype — it's essentially a free junk counter setup on a land.
Quintorius, History Chaser
Quintorius, History Chaser cares about spells and permanents leaving the graveyard, so Sunscorched Divide's enter-the-battlefield mill seeds the yard with exactly the fuel he wants to exile for value later.
Terra, Herald of Hope
Terra, Herald of Hope rewards loading the graveyard early, and Sunscorched Divide does that without costing a card slot beyond the land drop itself.
Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER operates in a graveyard-adjacent space where having specific cards milled at the right time matters, and Sunscorched Divide provides consistent, repeatable yard access every time it enters.
Zinnia, Valley's Voice
Zinnia, Valley's Voice benefits from a stocked graveyard, and Sunscorched Divide's incidental mill on a mana-fixing land means the deck gets both color fixing and yard setup from a single slot.
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 |
Sunscorched Divide is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is the only format where it sees meaningful play. In Legacy and Vintage, a tapped dual that mills two is far too slow — those formats demand untapped mana and don't reward self-mill enough to justify the tempo loss. Commander is where Sunscorched Divide earns its slot: the graveyard-matters synergy is abundant, the color fixing is a bonus, and entering tapped on turn three or four is a negligible cost when your payoffs are elsewhere on the board.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Sunscorched Divide is firmly bulk — easy to pick up as a four-of playset for under $1.50 without any hesitation. Bulk dual lands with narrow synergy rarely spike, so there's no urgency beyond grabbing copies when you need them.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.