Sunbird's Invocation
Commander 2021 180 • rare
- Set
- Commander 2021
- Collector number
- 180
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 5 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Christine Choi
- Market price
- $0.37
What it does
Whenever you cast a spell from your hand, reveal the top X cards of your library, where X is that spell's mana value. You may cast a spell with mana value X or less from among cards revealed this way without paying its mana cost. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Sunbird's Invocation originally debuted in the 2017 Ixalan expansion before being reprinted in the Commander 2021 collection. The card was designed to capture the essence of the Ixalan plane, where the arrival of the sun is a central mythological theme, providing a powerful resource-doubling effect that rewards players for casting spells from their hand. The mechanics reflect a 'free casting' philosophy, allowing players to reveal cards from the top of their library until they find a spell with a lower mana cost to play without paying its mana cost.
Artist Christine Choi provided the illustration for this version of the card, utilizing a vibrant color palette to evoke the tropical, high-fantasy aesthetic characteristic of the Sun Empire. The artwork features a celestial or magical manifestation of a sunbird, a creature central to the lore of the plane. Upon its release, the card was widely received by the Commander community as a staple for deck archetypes focused on large, mana-intensive spells, valued for its ability to generate significant card advantage and board presence.
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