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◇ Catalog #146

Cobra Trap

cmd·#146·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Scott Chou

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Jun '11

15 yr ago

Value

$0.15+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.16 · low $0.14

NM$0.15

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.14–$0.16modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.15low $0.04range 275.0%n 52

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #15,263 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.15

Gameplay

Instant — Trap

If a noncreature permanent under your control was destroyed this turn by a spell or ability an opponent controlled, you may pay {G} rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Create four 1/1 green Snake creature tokens.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDHlegal

Rulings · 4

2009-10-01wotc

Casting a Trap by paying its alternative cost doesn’t change its mana cost or mana value. The only difference is the cost you actually pay.

2009-10-01wotc

A spell or ability destroys a permanent only if that spell or ability specifically contains the word “destroy” in its text. If a spell or ability an opponent controls exiles a noncreature permanent you control, causes you to sacrifice a noncreature permanent, removes all loyalty counters from a planeswalker you control, or causes an ability you control to trigger (and then that ability destroys a permanent you control), Cobra Trap’s alternative cost condition hasn’t been met.

2009-10-01wotc

Effects that increase or reduce the cost to cast a Trap will apply to whichever cost you chose to pay.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.15. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.04 and $0.15 across 52 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from CMD — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #146 of *Commander 2011*, the set that shipped alongside the June 2011 Commander 2011 release.

Card type: Instant — Trap, color identity green, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {4}{G}{G} (6 converted).

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #15,263 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Scott Chou. Rarix catalogs 240 other cards credited to this artist.