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Sundial, Dawn Tyrant
Legendary Artifact Creature — Construct · 1W
Color identity: White
Sundial, Dawn Tyrant is white: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Reference price of the card: €0.05
Average lands in decks for Sundial, Dawn Tyrant: 37
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Build your Sundial, Dawn Tyrant deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Sundial, Dawn Tyrant 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Sundial, Dawn Tyrant 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 (73/100)
- Consistency45
- Speed62
- Interaction62
- Resilience86
- Closing100
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 37 lands (7 nonbasic, 30 Plains)
Sol Ring · Path to Exile · Swords to Plowshares · Foundry Inspector · Voyager Quickwelder · Dispatch · Generous Gift · Organic Extinction · Arcane Signet · Tempered Steel · Steel Overseer · Bronze Guardian · Mind Stone · Losheel, Clockwork Scholar · Chief of the Foundry · Thousand Moons Smithy // Barracks of the Thousand · Digsite Engineer · Illustrious Wanderglyph · Solemn Simulacrum · Salvation Engine · Disenchant · Stroke of Midnight · All That Glitters · Esper Sentinel · Gold Myr · Pearl Medallion · Lion Sash · Reprieve · Swiftfoot Boots · Cataclysmic Gearhulk · Brilliant Restoration · Marble Diamond · Platoon Dispenser · Austere Command · Darksteel Mutation · Mana Tithe · Mystic Forge · Scrap Trawler · Blacksmith's Skill · Cut a Deal · Jhoira's Familiar · Paladin Danse, Steel Maverick · Zenith Chronicler · Guidelight Synergist · Nettlecyst · Secret Rendezvous · Cryptothrall · Manakin · Patchwork Automaton · Ethersworn Canonist · Fabrication Foundry · Shimmer Myr · Archaeomancer's Map · Burnished Hart · Hedron Crawler · Angel of the Ruins · Clay-Fired Bricks // Cosmium Kiln · Ironsoul Enforcer · Loran's Escape · Scrapyard Recombiner · Thought Vessel · Cloud Key · Ancient Den · Darksteel Citadel · Buried Ruin · War Room · Monumental Henge · Rogue's Passage · Myriad Landscape
🃏 Recommended cards for Sundial, Dawn Tyrant
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Sundial, Dawn Tyrant, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Voyager Quickwelder | 44% | +41% |
| Foundry Inspector | 46% | +41% |
| Organic Extinction | 40% | +39% |
| Tempered Steel | 39% | +38% |
| Steel Overseer | 38% | +37% |
| Losheel, Clockwork Scholar | 35% | +34% |
| Bronze Guardian | 36% | +34% |
| Dispatch | 41% | +34% |
| Chief of the Foundry | 33% | +33% |
| Digsite Engineer | 32% | +32% |
| Salvation Engine | 30% | +30% |
| Illustrious Wanderglyph | 32% | +30% |
| Thousand Moons Smithy | 33% | +29% |
| Ancient Den | 32% | +26% |
| Cataclysmic Gearhulk | 24% | +23% |
| Gold Myr | 28% | +22% |
| Platoon Dispenser | 23% | +22% |
| Darksteel Citadel | 25% | +22% |
| Paladin Danse, Steel Maverick | 21% | +20% |
| Mystic Forge | 22% | +20% |
| Lion Sash | 25% | +20% |
| Scrap Trawler | 22% | +20% |
| Guidelight Synergist | 20% | +20% |
| Brilliant Restoration | 23% | +19% |
💰 The best cards for your Sundial, Dawn Tyrant 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.
- Voyager Quickwelder
- Foundry Inspector
- Organic Extinction
- Tempered Steel
- Steel Overseer
- Losheel, Clockwork Scholar
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Ethersworn Canonist
- Cloud Key
- Dollmaker's Shop // Porcelain Gallery
- Scavenged Brawler
- Ultron, Artificial Malevolence
- Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Illustrious Wanderglyph
- Cryptothrall
- Cyberman Patrol
- Unwinding Clock
- Canoptek Spyder
- Inventors' Fair
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Sundial, Dawn Tyrant
- Basalt Monolith + Forsaken Monument → Infinite colorless mana
- Sensei's Divining Top + Foundry Inspector + Mystic Forge → Infinite card draw, Near-infinite storm count, Infinite draw triggers
- Heliod, Sun-Crowned + Walking Ballista → Infinite damage, Infinite lifegain, Infinite lifegain triggers
- Sensei's Divining Top + Mystic Forge + Cloud Key → Infinite card draw, Near-infinite storm count, Infinite draw triggers
- Scrap Trawler + Myr Retriever + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Foundry Inspector → Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB, Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite sacrifice triggers, Infinite storm count
- Nuka-Cola Vending Machine + Academy Manufactor + Krark-Clan Ironworks → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite tapped Treasure tokens, Infinite tapped Food tokens, Infinite tapped Clue tokens, Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers
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Frequently asked questions
What is Sundial, Dawn Tyrant's color identity?
Sundial, Dawn Tyrant is white: 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 Sundial, Dawn Tyrant come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Sundial, Dawn Tyrant deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 37 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 2.1 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 30 % of the time and floods 28 %. Deck health: B (73/100).
How many lands should a Sundial, Dawn Tyrant deck run?
Real Sundial, Dawn Tyrant decks run 37 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 Sundial, Dawn Tyrant?
The three highest-synergy cards are Voyager Quickwelder, Foundry Inspector, Organic Extinction. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Sundial, Dawn Tyrant decks.
What combos does Sundial, Dawn Tyrant have?
Sundial, Dawn Tyrant has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Basalt Monolith + Forsaken Monument. 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 Sundial, Dawn Tyrant deck cost?
You can start cheap: Voyager Quickwelder, Foundry Inspector, Organic Extinction 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.