Lightbringer
Creature — Kor Rebel
, Sacrifice this creature: Exile target black creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Nemesis
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #23295
Lightbringer exiles a black creature for free — no mana, just tap and sacrifice — which is a meaningful tempo swing the turn it enters. The catch is a narrow target restriction and a 2/2 body that does nothing else, making it a sideboard-tier answer at best.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Lightbringer is a fringe inclusion in white weenie or tribal decks that expect heavy black presence — Shadowborn Apostle builds, Tergrid lists, or pods where black commanders are the recurring threat. The exile clause matters against recursive threats like Sheoldred or K'rrik, but the tap-and-sacrifice cost means you get exactly one use, and the color restriction will strand it in hand against three of your four opponents most games. In Pauper, Lightbringer sees essentially no play — cheap black removal is everywhere and a 2/2 that conditionally handles one thing isn't competing. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; the effect isn't close to rate.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Lightbringer is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. Bulk commons rarely move unless a breakout deck creates sudden demand, and nothing about Lightbringer's narrow effect suggests that's coming.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.