First printed in Mirage (1996)

Illumination

Instant

Counter target artifact or enchantment spell. Its controller gains life equal to its mana value.

MTGO price: 0.07 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).

In the last 30 days 0.0% of Commander decks played it (2 of 6150). Most played in Dack Fayden, Helping Hand.

Legality

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

In 2 of 6150 decks (0.0%).

Share of decks

0.0%

= vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

2 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

20%

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Dack Fayden, Helping Hand	1.3%	1%
Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff	0.1%	11%

Not enough decks yet.

Deck	Record
Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff Leonardo Tort in CCS $20,000 cEDH Invitational Qualifier #5	1-4 20%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Deck	Copies	Finish
Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff Leonardo Tort, 24 Oct	1 main	#47 1-4
Dack Fayden, Helping Hand Coffelt, 18 Oct	1 main	#48 0-4

No recent decks in: Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Duel Commander.