Sweltering Suns

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Sweltering Suns: Sorcery, Starter Commander Decks. Sweltering Suns deals 3 damage to each creature. Cycling 3. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{R}{R}
Mana value
3
Type
Sorcery
Colour identity
Red (R)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Starter Commander Decks (SCD)
Released
2022-12-02
Collector number
160
Artist
Raymond Swanland
Commander rank
11,209 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Cycling

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About Sweltering Suns

Sweltering Suns is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red sorcery from Starter Commander Decks (SCD), a Commander product released in December 2022. It is collector number 160 in that set, with art by Raymond Swanland. It costs {1}{R}{R} (one generic and two red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Amonkhet (2017) to Starter Commander Decks (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.26 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Sweltering Suns deals 3 damage to each creature.

Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

The Hekma may repel storms and monsters, but nothing holds back the heat of the suns.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.26 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Sweltering Suns by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Sweltering Suns

Sweltering Suns has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Amonkhet Remastered (AKR) #176Rare2020
Amonkhet (AKH) #149Rare2017
Amonkhet Promos (PAKH) #149sRare2017

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