---
name: "Candletrap"
mana_cost: "{W}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Enchant", "Coven"]
set: "MID"
set_name: "Innistrad: Midnight Hunt"
collector_number: "9"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Manuel Castañón"
oracle_id: "089788ce-d06c-4a85-915c-82e2cb5b0103"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/candletrap-mid"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Candletrap
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant, Coven

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has defender.
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by enchanted creature.
Coven — {2}{W}, Sacrifice this Aura: Exile enchanted creature. Activate only if you control three or more creatures with different powers.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Defang](/printing/defang-avr.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Demonic Torment](/printing/demonic-torment-me3.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Sandskin](/printing/sandskin-ons.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Cooped Up](/printing/cooped-up-woe.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Cage of Hands](/printing/cage-of-hands-pca.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Gaseous Form](/printing/gaseous-form-plst.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID) #9
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Manuel Castañón
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`