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Lotus Field

Land

Hexproof
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, sacrifice two lands.
{T}: Add three mana of any one color.

CMC
0
Mana cost
Color identity
C
Rarity
mythic
Set
Edge of Eternities: Stellar Sights
Price
$12.19
EDHREC rank
#944
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Lotus Field card art
Lotus Field taps for three mana of any color — that's the whole story, and it's as broken as it sounds. The cost is real: you sacrifice two other lands when it enters, and it can't be untapped with standard effects, which means it only pulls its weight in decks built to exploit it, like Echoing Deeps copies or Lumra, Bellow of the Woods landfall engines.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods

Lumra, Bellow of the Woods

69.6% of decks · synergy 0.64

Lumra, Bellow of the Woods triggers off lands entering the battlefield, and Lotus Field entering as a three-mana rock is one of the most explosive single triggers in the format — the two-land sacrifice even feeds the graveyard recursion loops Lumra rewards.

03
Quintorius, History Chaser

Quintorius, History Chaser

55.3% of decks · synergy 0.53

Quintorius, History Chaser cares about spells cast from exile and graveyard, but the real connection is that Lotus Field's raw mana output lets Quintorius decks cast two or three spells in a single turn far ahead of schedule.

04
Obeka, Brute Chronologist

Obeka, Brute Chronologist

29.5% of decks · synergy 0.29

Obeka, Brute Chronologist abuses end-step triggers, and Lotus Field's untap restriction becomes irrelevant when Obeka ends the turn before the "doesn't untap" clause resolves — effectively netting three mana for free each cycle.

05
Hearthhull, the Worldseed

Hearthhull, the Worldseed

33.5% of decks · synergy 0.27

Hearthhull, the Worldseed wants as many lands entering as possible to stack its counters, and Lotus Field entering as a single permanent that sacrifices two others still registers as an ETB trigger while producing an outsized mana burst for the following turn.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

In Pioneer, Lotus Field is the backbone of one of the format's premier combo decks, using Hidden Strings and Vizier of Tumbling Sands to untap it repeatedly and generate effectively unlimited mana in a single turn. Modern allows it as well, though the Pioneer combo shell is more refined there. In Legacy and Vintage, the competition from faster mana sources pushes Lotus Field to niche status, but it still sees play in dedicated untap shells. Commander is where casual and synergy-focused builders get the most mileage — the three-mana burst fuels explosive early plays, and commanders that interact with land sacrifice or landfall make the entry cost feel like a feature rather than a drawback.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

There is no true budget replacement for Lotus Field — no other land produces three mana of any color without being banned. The closest proxies are City of Brass and Mana Confluence, which produce any color for a life payment and cost under $3, but they cap at one mana per tap. If the goal is high-mana-value lands for a landfall or sacrifice shell specifically, Shefet Dunes and other utility deserts offer minor upside without the setup cost, though they don't replicate the raw output that makes Lotus Field worth building around.

Price Context

Current price

$12.19 mid tier

At $12.19, Lotus Field sits in the mid tier — affordable for a card that single-handedly defines a Pioneer archetype and carries real utility in Commander. It has been reprinted enough to keep the price accessible, and the consistent competitive demand across Pioneer and Commander makes this one of the more stable purchases at its price point.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.