Farmstead
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant land
Enchanted land has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay 
. If you do, you gain 1 life."
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- 30th Anniversary Edition
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #28437
Farmstead costs three mana to enchant a Plains and then three more mana every upkeep just to gain 1 life — an investment so inefficient it barely registers on a 40-life Commander table. There are no competitive contexts where this rate is acceptable.
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 |
Farmstead is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legality is not an endorsement. In Commander, 1 life per turn for three mana recurring is so far below rate that no life-gain synergy deck — not even a dedicated Oloro or Karlov build — should consider it when cards like Soul Warden exist. Legacy and Vintage have zero interest in a three-mana enchantment that produces negligible life. Farmstead is a relic of early Magic design, and the formats that allow it have simply never needed to ban something this underpowered.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Farmstead is unavailable, but as an obscure early-set enchantment with no competitive demand, copies tend to surface in bulk bins or at minimal cost. It is not worth seeking out for gameplay purposes, though collectors chasing complete sets from Magic's earliest print runs may have a narrow interest.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.