Sunspring Expedition
Enchantment
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may put a quest counter on this enchantment.
Remove three quest counters from this enchantment and sacrifice it: You gain 8 life.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Zendikar
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #17788
Sunspring Expedition gains you 8 life for one white mana — the catch is that it takes three landfall triggers to pop, so the payoff is deferred rather than immediate. Will, Scion of Peace turns that life total into cost reduction, making Sunspring Expedition a cheap way to fuel expensive spells, and Xavier Sal, Infested Captain finds enough value in the incidental life padding to run it as a low-investment cushion.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Will, Scion of Peace
Will, Scion of Peace reduces spell costs by the amount of life you've gained this turn, so the 8-life burst from Sunspring Expedition can shave up to eight generic mana off the next spell you cast — making a one-mana enchantment functionally act as a massive discount engine the turn it pops.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Sunspring Expedition is a niche include that earns its slot in landfall-heavy or lifegain-matters builds — the three-counter threshold is easy to hit over two or three turns, and the 8-life payoff is meaningful in a format where you're facing three opponents. Outside Commander, the card is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Modern, but it sees essentially no play in any of them; the delayed life gain is too slow to matter in formats where games end before the counters accumulate. Pauper is the most plausible home outside Commander, purely because the card pool is shallow, but even there it would require a dedicated landfall shell to justify.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Xavier Sal, Infested CaptainIntruder AlarmStaff of TitaniaSunspring Expedition
Infinite ETB; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite untap of creatures; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite Forest tokens; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Xavier Sal, Infested CaptainIntruder AlarmJyoti, Moag AncientSunspring Expedition
Infinite ETB; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite untap of creatures; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite Forest tokens; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Xavier Sal, Infested CaptainIntruder AlarmAwaken the WoodsSunspring Expedition
Infinite ETB; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite untap of creatures; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite Forest tokens; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
Sunspring Expedition is bulk at $0.07, and that price is not going anywhere — it's a narrow, low-demand enchantment with no scarcity to prop it up. Pick it up freely as a throw-in; there's no reason to pay a premium or hesitate on the cost.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Xavier Sal, Infested Captain
- Will, Scion of Peace
- Intruder Alarm
- Staff of Titania
- Jyoti, Moag Ancient
- Awaken the Woods
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.