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◇ Catalog #17

Sunscape Familiar

pls·#17·common·foil

Illus. Brian Despain

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Feb '01

25 yr ago

Value

$57.89+$2 (+4.2%)

30 days high $59 · low $54

NM$56.9

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$53–$60modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $57low $4.89range 1063.4%n 49

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #6,001 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$57

Nonfoil$3.67

Gameplay

Creature — Wall

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Green spells and blue spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

The spirits of fallen battlemages can serve their guilds as familiars by joining with any physical form.

0/3

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 7

2004-10-04wotc

Can never affect the colored part of the cost.

2004-10-04wotc

If a spell is both green and blue, you pay {1} less, not {2} less.

2004-10-04wotc

The generic X cost is still considered generic even if there is a requirement that a specific color be used for it. For example, “only black mana can be spent this way”. This distinction is important for effects which reduce the generic portion of a spell’s cost.

2004-10-04

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $56.89. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $4.89 and $56.89 across 49 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from PLS — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #17 of *Planeshift*, the set that shipped alongside the February 2001 Planeshift release.

Card type: Creature — Wall, color identity white, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {1}{W} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Defender.

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.

EDHrec ranks this card #6,001 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Brian Despain. Rarix catalogs 99 other cards credited to this artist.