EDH Optimizer
Lady Sun
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor · 1UU
Color identity: Blue
Lady Sun is blue: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
{T}: Return Lady Sun and another target creature to their owners' hands. Activate only during your turn, before attackers are declared.
Reference price of the card: €55.18
Average lands in decks for Lady Sun: 36
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Build your Lady Sun deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Lady Sun 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Lady Sun deck starts over 4,000 games
The list people actually play (the 99 most-included cards, with its average land count), simulated with the EDH Optimizer engine: hands, mulligans, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.
Deck health of the average list: B (70/100)
- Consistency71
- Speed45
- Interaction100
- Resilience94
- Closing57
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 36 lands (12 nonbasic, 24 Island)
Sol Ring · Arcane Signet · Counterspell · Sapphire Medallion · Thought Vessel · Lightning Greaves · Aether Channeler · Gilded Drake · Rhystic Study · Archaeomancer · High Tide · Barrin, Tolarian Archmage · Mulldrifter · Mystic Remora · Solemn Simulacrum · Venser, Shaper Savant · Mind Stone · Perplexing Chimera · Hullbreaker Horror · Thousand-Year Elixir · An Offer You Can't Refuse · Cyclonic Rift · Fellwar Stone · Kefnet's Monument · Snap · Peregrine Drake · Pongify · Sky Diamond · Spellseeker · Arcane Denial · Cloud of Faeries · Displacer Kitten · Dour Port-Mage · Ghostly Flicker · Imperial Cosmographer · Justice, Vance Astrovik · Ponder · Spaceshift · Aphetto Alchemist · Panharmonicon · Brainstorm · Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore · Mana Drain · Swan Song · Swiftfoot Boots · Trophy Mage · Windfall · Dramatic Reversal · Phyrexian Metamorph · Propaganda · Thieving Skydiver · Agent of Treachery · Circuit Mender · Cryptic Command · Daring Thief · Fabricate · Faerie Mastermind · Fierce Guardianship · Preordain · Rapid Hybridization · Throne of Eldraine · Loki, God of Mischief · Puca's Mischief · Mystic Sanctuary · Minamo, School at Water's Edge · Otawara, Soaring City · Reliquary Tower · Academy Ruins · Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx · Urza's Saga · Myriad Landscape · Arcane Lighthouse · Castle Vantress · Detection Tower · Ancient Tomb
🃏 Recommended cards for Lady Sun
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Lady Sun, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Gilded Drake | 62% | +60% |
| Aether Channeler | 64% | +59% |
| Barrin, Tolarian Archmage | 56% | +54% |
| Minamo, School at Water's Edge | 67% | +53% |
| Perplexing Chimera | 51% | +51% |
| Mulldrifter | 56% | +49% |
| Venser, Shaper Savant | 53% | +47% |
| Archaeomancer | 60% | +46% |
| Thousand-Year Elixir | 49% | +45% |
| Kefnet's Monument | 47% | +41% |
| Lightning Greaves | 67% | +41% |
| Imperial Cosmographer | 40% | +40% |
| Justice, Vance Astrovik | 40% | +40% |
| Spaceshift | 40% | +39% |
| Arcane Lighthouse | 40% | +38% |
| Dour Port-Mage | 40% | +37% |
| Peregrine Drake | 44% | +36% |
| Cloud of Faeries | 40% | +36% |
| Spellseeker | 42% | +35% |
| Aphetto Alchemist | 38% | +35% |
| Otawara, Soaring City | 60% | +34% |
| Panharmonicon | 38% | +34% |
| Solemn Simulacrum | 53% | +33% |
| Rhystic Study | 62% | +31% |
💰 The best cards for your Lady Sun deck, by budget
Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.
Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card
The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.
- Aether Channeler
- Barrin, Tolarian Archmage
- Perplexing Chimera
- Mulldrifter
- Venser, Shaper Savant
- Archaeomancer
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Lightning Greaves
- Dour Port-Mage
- Aphetto Alchemist
- Panharmonicon
- Mystic Remora
- Snap
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Gilded Drake
- Minamo, School at Water's Edge
- Thousand-Year Elixir
- Spellseeker
- Otawara, Soaring City
- Rhystic Study
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Lady Sun
- Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter → Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite mana nonland permanents you control can produce, Infinite storm count, Infinite untap of nonland permanents you control
- Hullbreaker Horror + Mana Vault → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Hullbreaker Horror + Mox Amber → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite colored mana, Infinite storm count
- Peregrine Drake + Deadeye Navigator → Infinite blinking, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite mana lands you control can produce
- Tidespout Tyrant + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
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Frequently asked questions
What is Lady Sun's color identity?
Lady Sun is blue: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones. Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does Lady Sun come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Lady Sun deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 36 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 3.1 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 100 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 25 % of the time and floods 14 %. Deck health: B (70/100).
How many lands should a Lady Sun deck run?
Real Lady Sun decks run 36 lands on average. That is a starting point, not a rule: a lower curve can shave one or two, big-mana builds want more. The EDH Optimizer simulator tells you, over 10,000 games, how often you get mana screwed or flooded with your exact count.
What are the best cards for Lady Sun?
The three highest-synergy cards are Gilded Drake, Aether Channeler, Barrin, Tolarian Archmage. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Lady Sun decks.
What combos does Lady Sun have?
Lady Sun has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring. Note that two-card combos raise your deck's bracket, so it is worth knowing which ones you are running before you sit down.
How much does a Lady Sun deck cost?
You can start cheap: Aether Channeler, Barrin, Tolarian Archmage, Perplexing Chimera are under €2 each. The "Level up" section on this page splits the best cards into three price caps PER CARD (up to €2, up to €10 and no cap), and the optimizer only suggests swaps that fit the cap you pick.