The Guardian Sunmare is a 5/5 Horse Mount creature card from the 2025 Magic: The Gathering Aetherdrift expansion, featuring Ward 2 and unique battlefield search capabilities.
2025 • Magic: The Gathering • Aetherdrift
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Guardian Sunmare
Game
Magic: The Gathering
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Rare
Christina Kraus
Card Stock
English
{3}{W}{W}
Creature — Horse Mount
5 / 5
W
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Ward {2} Whenever this creature attacks while saddled, search your library for a nonland permanent card with mana value 3 or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Saddle 4
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The Guardian Sunmare is a Rare 5/5 Horse Mount creature card from the 2025 Aetherdrift set. It costs {3}{W}{W} to cast and features Ward {2} along with a triggered ability that searches for low-cost permanents when it attacks while saddled.
The Saddle 4 cost allows players to equip the Guardian Sunmare with a saddle. Once saddled, attacking with the creature triggers its ability to search your library for a nonland permanent with mana value 3 or less and put it onto the battlefield.
The artwork for the Guardian Sunmare in the Aetherdrift set was created by Christina Kraus, who illustrated this card with number 15 in the DFT expansion.
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