Sun-Dappled Celebrant is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays foror one mana of that creature's color.) Vigilance
Complete guide
Sun-Dappled Celebrant is a powerful Treefolk Cleric that rewards players with a wide board presence. By utilizing the Convoke mechanic, you can bring this high-cost creature into play much earlier than expected while maintaining a defensive stance thanks to Vigilance.
What it Does
Sun-Dappled Celebrant is a 6-mana creature with two key keywords: Convoke and Vigilance. Convoke allows you to reduce the cost of the spell by tapping creatures you control, where each tapped creature pays for one generic mana or one mana of its own color. Vigilance ensures that once the Celebrant is on the battlefield, it can attack without tapping, staying ready to block during your opponent's turn.
How it Resolves Step by Step
When you cast Sun-Dappled Celebrant, you first announce the spell and put it on the stack. You then determine the total cost, which is {4}{W}{W}. During the payment step, you may tap any number of untapped creatures you control. For every white creature you tap, you pay {W} or {1}. For creatures of other colors, you pay {1}. After these reductions, you pay any remaining mana with your mana pool. Once the costs are paid, the spell is officially cast and will eventually resolve, entering the battlefield as a creature.
Common Mistakes
A common mistake involves 'summoning sickness.' Note that you can tap any untapped creature for Convoke, even if you haven't controlled it since the start of your turn. However, if a creature has a mana ability that requires tapping (like a mana elf), you cannot tap it for both its mana ability and Convoke for the same spell. Additionally, tapping an attacking or blocking creature to pay for a Convoke spell (via an effect that lets you cast spells during combat) does not remove that creature from combat.
When to Play It
This card is most effective in decks that generate many creature tokens. Since Sun-Dappled Celebrant costs six mana, you want to ensure you have at least two or three creatures ready to tap so you can keep your lands open for interaction or other spells. It serves as a solid mid-to-late game anchor that stabilizes your board.
Interaction examples
Sun TitanIf you have Sun Titan on the battlefield, it can attack thanks to Vigilance and remain untapped. During your post-combat main phase, you can then tap that same Sun Titan to help pay for Sun-Dappled Celebrant using Convoke. Both creatures share Vigilance, allowing you to apply pressure while keeping your defenses up.
Psychosis CrawlerIf you control Psychosis Crawler, you can tap it to pay for {1} of Sun-Dappled Celebrant's cost. Even though the Crawler's power and toughness change based on your hand size, it still counts as a creature you control for Convoke purposes regardless of its current stats.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Sun-Dappled Celebrant
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Tapping an untapped creature that's attacking or blocking to convoke a spell won't cause that creature to stop attacking or blocking.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
You can tap any untapped creature you control to convoke a spell, even one you haven't controlled continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
When calculating a spell's total cost, include any alternative costs, additional costs, or anything else that increases or reduces the cost to cast the spell. Convoke applies after the total cost is calculated. Convoke doesn't change a spell's mana cost or mana value.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
If a creature you control has a mana ability with
in the cost, activating that ability while casting a spell with convoke will result in the creature being tapped before you pay the spell's costs. You won't be able to tap it again for convoke. Similarly, if you sacrifice a creature to activate a mana ability while casting a spell with convoke, that creature won't be on the battlefield when you pay the spell's costs, so you won't be able to tap it for convoke.No other card is named in this ruling.
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