Sunforger
Sunforger: Artifact - Equipment, Commander Legends. Equipped creature gets +4/+0. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Artifact - Equipment
- Colour identity
- White and red (WR)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Commander Legends (CMR)
- Released
- 2020-11-20
- Collector number
- 473
- Artist
- Darrell Riche
- Keywords
- Equip
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About Sunforger
Sunforger is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white and red artifact from Commander Legends (CMR), a draft-focused set released in November 2020. It is collector number 473 in that set, with art by Darrell Riche. It costs {3} (three generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is white and red. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Ravnica: City of Guilds (2005) to Commander Legends (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $3.41 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Equipped creature gets +4/+0.
{R}{W}, Unattach this Equipment: Search your library for a red or white instant card with mana value 4 or less and cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then shuffle.
Equip {3}
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $3.41 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Sunforger by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Sunforger
Sunforger has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2381 | Rare | 2026 |
| Double Masters (2XM) #293 | Rare | 2020 |
| Commander 2016 (C16) #275 | Rare | 2016 |
| Modern Masters 2015 (MM2) #232 | Rare | 2015 |
| Ravnica: City of Guilds (RAV) #272 | Rare | 2005 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Sunforger, newest first.
- If you cast a spell "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the spell.
- You can't pay the cost of unattaching Sunforger unless Sunforger is attached to a creature.
- If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
Similar cards
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