Sunbird Standard (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan) Near Mint

Sunbird Standard

Sunbird Standard is a compact utility artifact that finds a place in many decks from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan. With a casting cost of {3} you get a reliable tap ability to add one mana of any color. That simple effect smooths awkward draws and lets you fix mana for multicolor spells or activate color intensive synergies without committing a land drop.

Beyond the basic mana ability the card introduces a craft option that rewards set themed graveyard or permanent sacrifice lines. Crafting Sunbird Standard for five lets you return it transformed by exiling it plus other permanents and or cards from your graveyard. In practice this gives you a way to reuse the artifact in grindier games while staying within sorcery timing. Played carefully it is a flexible piece that supports value engines and color heavy builds.

Card Details:

• Mana Cost – {3}
• Card Type – Artifact
• Subtypes –
• Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – {T}: Add one mana of any color. Craft with one or more 5. (5, Exile this artifact, Exile one or more other permanents you control and/or cards from your graveyard: Return this card transformed under its owner's control. Craft only as a sorcery.)