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◇ Catalog #160

Cobra Trap

zen·#160·uncommon·foil

Illus. Scott Chou

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wishlisted

Oct '09

17 yr ago

Value

$0.30+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.31 · low $0.28

NM$0.30

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.28–$0.32modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.34low $0.03range 1033.3%n 49

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

Foil$0.30

Nonfoil$0.19

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 $0.30. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.34 across 49 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ZEN — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #160 of *Zendikar*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2009 Zendikar 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.