Sunstone
Artifact
, Sacrifice a snow land: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $0.71
- EDHREC rank
- #14856
Sunstone taps to give a snow permanent protection from red or white until end of turn — a repeatable, colorless shield that doubles as an offensive tool in snow-heavy builds. Isu the Abominable runs it in roughly a third of all builds because the effect is permanent-agnostic and the cost is just one mana and a tap.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Isu the Abominable
Isu the Abominable rewards stacking snow permanents, and Sunstone pulls double duty — protecting your key pieces from red and white removal while itself counting toward Isu's snow requirements.
Jorn, God of Winter
Jorn, God of Winter wants a dense snow package, and Sunstone fits cleanly into that density while giving the deck a repeatable way to dodge targeted removal in two of the most common removal colors.
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 |
Sunstone is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its home is overwhelmingly Commander — specifically snow-themed decks where the density of snow permanents makes the tap ability relevant every turn. In Legacy and Vintage, the effect is too slow and too narrow; those formats have no snow-matters payoffs worth building around, and single-target protection at sorcery-free timing still loses to counterspells and faster clocks. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander argument at a smaller table: if your planeswalker is snow-themed, Sunstone earns a slot, otherwise it doesn't.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.71 bulk tier
At $0.71, Sunstone sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to acquire and easy to cut without regret. It holds that price point because demand is narrow and concentrated in snow Commander builds, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Isu the Abominable
- Jorn, God of Winter
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.