Cobra Trap

Commander 2011 (CMD) #146 · Uncommon · Instant — Trap

Mana cost: {4}{G}{G}

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.

Illustrated by Scott Chou · Released June 17, 2011

Prices

Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.05 USD (33.3%) to $0.20 USD; low $0.15 USD, high $0.20 USD.

Printings

  1. Commander 2015 #180 (C15) · Uncommon · 2015 · $0.25 USD
  2. Commander 2011 #146 (this printing) · Uncommon · 2011 · $0.20 USD
  3. Zendikar #160 (ZEN) · Uncommon · 2009 · $0.18 USD

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2009-10-01 · wotc — 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.
  2. 2009-10-01 · wotc — 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.
  3. 2009-10-01 · wotc — Effects that increase or reduce the cost to cast a Trap will apply to whichever cost you chose to pay.
  4. 2009-10-01 · wotc — You may ignore a Trap’s alternative cost condition and simply cast it for its normal mana cost. This is true even if its alternative cost condition has been met.

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