Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
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What it does
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.
Combos with Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Veinwitch Coven Phyrexian Altar Infinite
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite lifeloss
- Infinite storm count
- Veinwitch Coven Phyrexian Altar Infinite
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite lifegain
- Trudge Garden Ashnod's Altar Infinite
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Animation Module Ashnod's Altar Infinite
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite colorless mana
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
- Warren Soultrader Gravecrawler Infinite
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite storm count
- Yawgmoth, Thran Physician Nest of Scarabs Infinite
- Destroy all creatures opponents control
- Destroy each creature that enters the battlefield under an opponent's control
- Lock
- Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
- Near-infinite -1/-1 counters
- Near-infinite card draw
- Near-infinite creature ETB
- Near-infinite creature LTB
- Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Near-infinite death triggers
- Near-infinite draw triggers
- Near-infinite lifegain triggers
- Warren Soultrader Stridehangar Automaton Infinite
- Infinite artifact ETB
- Infinite artifact LTB
- Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
- Infinite artifact tokens
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite Treasure tokens
- Infinite colored mana
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Warren Soultrader Mm'menon, Uthros Exile Infinite
- Infinite artifact ETB
- Infinite artifact LTB
- Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
- Infinite artifact tokens
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite Treasure tokens
- Infinite colored mana
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Showing the 8 shortest and most explosive. This card appears in more than these. Follow any of them through to Commander Spellbook to browse the rest.
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
2 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2025-07-25
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
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 are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness | 1 | 0 | — |
| Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Orzhov 1 deck
- Abzan 1 deck
Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar price history
The Edge of Eternities #231 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | $0.41 | $0.43 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $0.40 | $0.43 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $0.39 | $0.43 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $0.40 | $0.43 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $0.42 | $0.43 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $0.40 | $0.43 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $0.40 | $0.41 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $0.38 | $0.41 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $0.38 | $0.40 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $0.40 | $0.40 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $0.44 | $0.40 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $0.43 | $0.40 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $0.40 | $0.40 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $0.39 | $0.40 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $0.37 | $0.39 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $0.38 | $0.39 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $0.39 | $0.39 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $0.35 | $0.39 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $0.35 | $0.40 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.34 | $0.39 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $0.36 | $0.39 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.35 | $0.38 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
4 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
- Normal
- $0.41
- Foil
- $0.43
Promo
Edge of Eternities Promos
- Normal
- $0.42
- Foil
- $1.07
Promo
Edge of Eternities Promos
- Foil
- $1.96
Inverted
- Normal
- $0.79
- Foil
- $1.11
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
