Card
Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
Mana cost {W}{B}
Legendary Creature — Human Knight 2/2
Vigilance, menace Whenever another creature you control dies or is put into exile, put a +1/+1 counter on Syr Vondam and you gain 1 life. When Syr Vondam dies or is put into exile while its power is 4 or greater, destroy up to one target nonland permanent.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 81 known combos. 2 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · EOE · #231
- Cheapest printing
- €0.51
- EDHREC salt
- 0.19
- Color identity
- Black, White
- Keywords
- Vigilance, Menace
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
81 known combos.
- Warren Soultrader + Pitiless Plunderer + Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar + Reassembling Skeleton
Produces: Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB
View on Commander Spellbook - Warren Soultrader + Gravecrawler + Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
Produces: Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
View on Commander Spellbook - Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar + Animation Module + Ashnod's Altar
Produces: Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2025-07-25 · Wizards of the Coast
Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar’s first triggered ability refers to creatures you control being put into exile from the battlefield. It won’t trigger if a creature card is put into exile from another zone. - 2025-07-25 · Wizards of the Coast
If Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar leaves the battlefield at the same time as one or more other creatures you control die or are put into exile, its first triggered ability will trigger for each of those other creatures.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast