Sunseed Nurturer
Creature — Human Druid Wizard
At the beginning of your end step, if you control a creature with power 5 or greater, you may gain 2 life.
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- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Shards of Alara
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #22796
Sunseed Nurturer gains you 1 life at the end of each turn a creature with power 5 or greater attacked, which is a slow drip that rarely changes a game's outcome on a 1/1 body for three mana. It's a bulk rare for a reason — the condition is narrow, the payoff is trivial, and nearly every lifegain slot in Commander has a better option.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Sunseed Nurturer is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive play in any of those formats ignores it entirely. In Commander — its most forgiving home — the lifegain trigger requires you to have already resolved a creature with power 5 or greater and swung with it, at which point you're likely winning anyway and don't need 1 life. Legacy and Modern have no interest in a 1/1 for three that generates no tempo. Oathbreaker shares Commander's relaxed power level but still demands more efficiency than Sunseed Nurturer provides.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Sunseed Nurturer is deep bulk — the price reflects its playability, not a hidden gem waiting to be discovered. Pick it up if a specific lifegain-matters build genuinely needs it, but don't expect the price floor to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.