#crested sunmare

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Crested Sunmare (Hour of Devastation) - Lucas Graciano

More cards with art by Lucas Graciano on Scryfall

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Topi’s Daily Card #1050:  Crested Sunmare

As of this writing, there are 24 creatures with the horse creature type, and none of them are totally amazing, except Crested Sunmare here.  He’ll give any other horse you run indestructible, and every time you gain life you’ll get a horse at the end of the turn.  Seems pretty awesome overall, particularly if you end up cloning him so both of the sunmares protect each other with indestructible.  The most likely other horses to run are Nightmare and probably Workhorse, but only Nightmare can be seen a super scary with indestructible.  Any deck with tons of life gain will want one, such as Oloro, Ayli, or a good mixture of commanders within mostly the Atraxa colors.  It’ll take a little work, but this horse can be a huge finisher if he’s left alone for too long.

[cadetheespeon]

Nicol Bolas whom? Here we praise only the horse god

[yoshifawful64]

So in case you were wondering, playing this thing is exactly as fun as you think it is.

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Crested Sunmare

"It is evidence that some pure corner of the world must still exist." —Djeru, former Tah-crop initiate

Artist: Lucas Graciano TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

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Crested Sunmare

Artist: Lucas Graciano TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

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Crested Sunmare mtg artist proof

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Indestructible Enrage

I’ve mentioned previously that the main weaknesses of Enrage are being targeted, losing toughness, and being destroyed (Deathtouch, Damage, or Destroy effects). Making your permanents Indestructible is fairly simple. Most methods for it only last until end of turn (See: Boros Charm, Ajani’s Presence, Deathless Angel, Ephemeral Shield, Withstand Death, Archangel Avacyn, or many others). If you want to permanently have Indestructible, you’ll probably be investing a bit more mana. 

As the above card, Darksteel Forge, mentions, making your Artifacts Indestructible costs nine mana. It’s a pretty good card, but unfortunately doesn’t really go with Dinosaurs well since they’re... not... artifacts. You could use a Mycosynth Lattice to correct that, but that’s another six mana (and according to starcitygames.com you’ll probably pay over $20 at the time of this writing).

Bastion Protector is good for a commander... but Gishath doesn’t actually have Enrage, so not a great fit.

Crested Sunmare is good for Horses, and a few of my recent articles have gone over Arcane Adaptation and similar abilities, but those are typically not in Red/Green/White. Knight Exemplar is very similar, but Knights instead of Horses (Still, Dinosaur Knight is a pretty awesome creature type). Timber Protector has this for Treefolk in Green. Sliver Hivelord has this effect in 5-color and can be a commander... but sliver-hate is a real thing.

Eldrazi Monument is a great option for token decks that are able to pay the creature each turn. Enrage actually wouldn’t like this because the creatures gain Flying, making them less likely to be blocked, and thus lowering the chance of Enrage being triggered.

(@actualborossoldier) Elspeth, Knight-Errant is good for this, but makes Soldiers and gives Flying. Still, has potential.

Thus, at this time, the best answer is:

(@rightbrite, spoiler warning, maybe?)

Yes, that’s 8 mana and 3 white required, but decks with Dinosaurs should most likely be running some mana ramping anyway. And the creature type doesn’t quite match, but for the effect there’s really none better. Keep in mind that making Artifacts Indestructible cost one more mana (perhaps due to the lack of color requirement) and still needed an additional card. She’s also over $20 right now online, but worth thinking about investing in to keep getting Enrage.