Sunstar Chaplain
Creature — Human Cleric
At the beginning of your end step, if you control two or more tapped creatures, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control: Tap target artifact or creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Edge of Eternities Promos
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #16740
Sunstar Chaplain is a payoff for life-gain decks that converts excess life into card advantage, which is exactly what those strategies need to avoid running out of steam. The cost is a three-mana 2/2 body — mediocre stats, but the trigger is the reason you're here.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Sunstar Chaplain slots cleanly into any life-gain deck that wants to turn a passive resource into cards — Ayli, Oloro, Lathiel, and similar commanders all give it consistent triggers. Outside Commander, life-gain synergy decks exist in Standard and Pioneer, but Sunstar Chaplain competes with more efficient payoffs in those formats and rarely earns a slot over options that win the game rather than draw into them. Modern and Legacy have raised the bar high enough that a three-mana 2/2 with a conditional draw trigger doesn't make the cut.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Sunstar Chaplain is deep bulk — you're picking this out of a dollar box or grabbing a playset for under a dollar. Bulk rares at this price point don't hold value, but for Commander players building on a budget, the cost-of-entry is effectively zero.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.