Lightmine Field
Enchantment
Whenever one or more creatures attack, this enchantment deals damage to each of those creatures equal to the number of attacking creatures.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Rise of the Eldrazi
- Price
- $5.20
- EDHREC rank
- #11135
Lightmine Field taxes every attacker with a damage trigger — each creature that attacks takes 1 damage, turning wide aggro strategies into a liability and protecting you from go-wide boards for free. Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer turns that symmetry into a one-sided advantage by converting the poison counters placed on your creatures into life and card advantage.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer
Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer wants creatures to accumulate -1/-1 counters and damage, and Lightmine Field delivers exactly that on every attack step — each swinging creature pings itself, feeding Anti-Venom's healing triggers while discouraging opponents from attacking into you at all.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Lightmine Field sees virtually no play in Legacy or Vintage, where the games are too fast and too spell-dense for a four-mana enchantment that doesn't affect the board the turn it lands. Commander is its natural home — multiplayer tables routinely feature wide creature boards, and a persistent tax on attackers compounds in value as the game goes long. In Oathbreaker the card is legal but similarly slow, and the condensed game length undercuts its staying power. The card's real ceiling is in Commander stax shells or any commander that actively wants to damage its own creatures.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Caltrops fills a similar role for under $1 — it deals 3 damage to attacking creatures rather than 1, which is more punishing but symmetrical in a way that can cost you your own attackers. Lightmine Field's lower damage threshold is actually an intentional design point for commanders like Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer that want small, repeatable damage rather than outright creature death.
Price Context
Current price
$5.20 mid tier
At $5.20, Lightmine Field sits in the mid tier — pricier than most situational enchantments but not unreasonable given its niche role in counter-synergy builds. It's a casual staple with a narrow home, so demand is unlikely to spike it further, and reprints would pressure it downward.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.