---
name: "Captured Sunlight"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["G", "W"]
color_identity: ["G", "W"]
keywords: ["Cascade"]
set: "ARB"
set_name: "Alara Reborn"
collector_number: "66"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Nils Hamm"
oracle_id: "937cb494-7dcb-4a40-b1e0-6e6b31f5c8a6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/captured-sunlight-arb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Captured Sunlight
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Cascade

## Oracle Text
Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)
You gain 4 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ardent Plea](/printing/ardent-plea-plst.md) — Enchantment
2. [Quandrix, the Proof](/printing/quandrix-the-proof-sos.md) — Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon
3. [Sakashima's Protege](/printing/sakashimas-protege-prm.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
4. [The First Sliver](/printing/the-first-sliver-mh1.md) — Legendary Creature — Sliver
5. [Noise Marine](/printing/noise-marine-40k.md) — Creature — Astartes Warrior
6. [Bloodbraid Elf](/printing/bloodbraid-elf-prm.md) — Creature — Elf Berserker

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alara Reborn (ARB) #66
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Nils Hamm
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`