Stone by Sunlight
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Two-mana modal instant: kill any power-4-or-greater creature, or give your creature indestructible (and artifact status) to blank removal or win a combat. Cheap, flexible interaction that's premium in a set full of Ferocious payoffs and big attackers.
Roles
Archetypes
Play around this
White + 1 open: attacking with a power-4+ creature can get it destroyed outright; targeted removal can be blanked by the indestructible mode.
Gameplay notes
Against BG Ferocious decks the first mode is close to unconditional removal. The indestructible mode also makes the creature an artifact — situationally relevant for turning on Storied at instant speed.
Key synergies
The indestructible mode makes a creature an artifact at instant speed — enduring story locks in permanently once the count hits three, so this trick can switch on Thorin's ward a turn early while also saving the creature.
Stone by Sunlight can destroy an opposing creature with power 4 or greater at instant speed, causing Head of the Hunt to exile that creature and create a 2/2 Wolf.
If you already control two qualifying permanents, Stone by Sunlight can temporarily turn another creature into an artifact and immediately establish an enduring story; the status remains for the rest of the game after the artifact effect ends.
Stone by Sunlight can temporarily provide the final qualifying artifact needed to establish an enduring story permanently, allowing Bombur to resume untapping normally while the indestructible mode can protect him.
Temporarily turning a creature into an artifact can establish an enduring story when you are one qualifying permanent short, permanently switching on Fíli's team-wide +1/+1 bonus while protecting a creature.
Destroying a power-4-or-greater creature with Stone by Sunlight enables Dreaded Bat-Cloud's death discount, letting you follow the removal with a one-mana 4/2 flying deathtoucher.
Stone by Sunlight can put a large opposing creature into its owner's graveyard during the turn, setting up Supper for Spiders to return that card under your control as a Food artifact.
If you already control two qualifying permanents, temporarily making another creature an artifact can supply the third permanent needed to establish the enduring story permanently; the indestructible mode can also protect Bifur in combat or from removal.
Stone by Sunlight can temporarily supply the third qualifying permanent needed to establish an enduring story, permanently giving Óin +1/+0 and enabling haste when relevant.
By temporarily making a creature an artifact, Stone by Sunlight can establish an enduring story when you are one qualifying permanent short, permanently enabling Balin's Dwarf-triggered damage rider.
If you are one qualifying permanent short, Stone by Sunlight can temporarily create the third artifact, legendary, or Saga needed to establish an enduring story permanently and upgrade Ori to a 4/3 with vigilance.
Stone by Sunlight can temporarily make a creature an artifact, supplying the third qualifying permanent needed to establish an enduring story permanently and unlock Kíli's free first equip each turn.