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.
Cobra Trap
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.
Effects that increase or reduce the cost to cast a Trap will apply to whichever cost you chose to pay.
Last observed at $0.19, up from $0.15 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.19 across 34 observations. Headline volatility reads high. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
Last observed on Scryfall 17 hours ago at $0.19.
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.
This card belongs to *Zendikar* (released October 2009).
Card #160 in Zendikar.
Rarity tier: uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration.
Card type: Instant — Trap. Color identity: green. Mana cost: {4}{G}{G} (6 converted).
Legal in Duel, Predh, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #15,265 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Scott Chou.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Scott Chou
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