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Caparocti Sunborn

Legendary Creature — Human Soldier2 generic manaRed manaWhite mana

The tap is what shapes the whole build. Discover 3 on an attack trigger is a repeatable free spell, but to fire it you tap two untapped artifacts or creatures you already control, converting standing board presence into card advantage every combat. That fee points the deck in one unmistakable direction: you want cheap, disposable permanents that don't mind sitting sideways for a turn. Treasure tokens, mana dorks, servos, thopters, freshly generated Clues, anything the tap can eat without stalling your development. The key wrinkle is that the tapped permanents are spent, not sacrificed, so the natural pairing is generating Clues and tapping them for value rather than cracking them for cards; a cracked Clue is gone before it can pay the cost. The synergy with go-wide artifact and token strategies isn't incidental, it's the reason the card gets built around at all, because the two-permanent fee is nearly free on a board already flooded with fodder. Discover 3 sets a tight ceiling, guaranteeing a nonland hit at mana value three or less, so the reward tracks a lean, fodder-heavy curve rather than a deck of expensive bombs. The trigger goes on the stack the moment it attacks and resolves on its own, independent of whether the body lives through combat; surviving only matters for swinging again next turn. What makes it a natural Boros leader is that it rewards exactly the plays the color pair usually struggles to justify on rate: making a Treasure, deploying a token that would otherwise be spent value. Here those spent resources are the fuel.

Caparocti Sunborn (lci)
LCI · #302uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.09
Foil: $0.17
Oracle Text

Rules text

Whenever Caparocti Sunborn attacks, you may tap two untapped artifacts and/or creatures you control. If you do, discover 3. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with mana value 3 or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
Legal
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
Legal
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
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