Sunstar Lightsmith
Creature — Human Artificer
Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and draw a card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Edge of Eternities
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #14998
Sunstar Lightsmith enters and immediately hands every creature you control a +1/+1 counter, turning a board of tokens or synergy pieces into a lethal threat on the spot. The cost is real — five mana for a 3/3 is not efficient by any competitive metric — but in the right shell, Alisaie Leveilleur // Alphinaud Leveilleur being one of the top homes tells you exactly who wants this effect.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Alisaie Leveilleur // Alphinaud Leveilleur
Alisaie Leveilleur // Alphinaud Leveilleur rewards you for playing multiple creatures in a turn and cares deeply about counters and board-wide buffing, which makes Sunstar Lightsmith's enter-the-battlefield mass counter drop a near-perfect fit for the engine's triggers.
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 Lightsmith earns its slot in counter-matters and token-wide-pump strategies, where a single enter-the-battlefield trigger can change combat math across a table. It's too slow and too low-impact for Vintage, Legacy, or Modern, where five mana for a 3/3 and a counters-on-board effect simply doesn't compete with the speed of those formats. Pioneer and Standard offer the most realistic non-Commander homes, specifically in white go-wide creature decks that can flood the board before turn five and close immediately after the pump lands. Outside of a dedicated synergy shell, Sunstar Lightsmith is firmly a Commander card.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Sunstar Lightsmith is deep bulk — easy to acquire as a throw-in or dime-bin pick. Bulk rares with narrow applications rarely climb unless they anchor a breakout combo, and nothing about the current meta suggests that's coming.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Alisaie Leveilleur // Alphinaud Leveilleur
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.