Barbed Field
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant land
Enchanted land has "
: This land deals 1 damage to any target."
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Prophecy
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #24890
Barbed Field enters the battlefield and immediately threatens any creature or player for 1 damage each time a land is tapped — on either side of the table — turning every land drop into a slow drain. The cost is that it occupies an enchantment slot and demands a deck built around the trigger to close games, or else it's just background noise.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Barbed Field is a niche piece in decks that can either multiply its triggers or weaponize symmetrical damage — think Zo-Zu the Punisher-style land-punishment strategies or ping-based win conditions that aggregate small damage across a four-player table. Legacy and Vintage are legal but functionally irrelevant here; the card is too slow and low-impact for those formats' threat density. Barbed Field is locked out of Modern, Pioneer, Standard, and Pauper entirely, so Commander and Oathbreaker are the only realistic homes, and Oathbreaker's smaller life totals make the incremental damage marginally more relevant.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, Barbed Field sits firmly in bulk territory — pick it up without hesitation if it fits your strategy, because the price will never be the reason to skip it. Bulk enchantments with narrow applications rarely appreciate, so treat it as a cheap tool rather than a hold.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.