Whiplash Trap
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}{U}
- Type
- Instant — Trap
- Set
- Commander 2020 #127 (common)
- Price
- $0.24 USD
If an opponent had two or more creatures enter the battlefield under their control this turn, you may pay {U} rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Return two target creatures to their owners' hands.
Whiplash Trap has 5 printings, first in Zendikar (2009). EDHREC ranks it #16,112 among Commander cards. It appears most in Kalamax, the Stormsire decks (668 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 5 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Whiplash Trap
- Arcane Maelstrom - Commander 2020, led by Kalamax, the Stormsire
Commanders that run Whiplash Trap most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Kalamax, the Stormsire: 668 decks
- Alora, Merry Thief: 2 decks
- Justice, Vance Astrovik: 1 decks
- Spider-Byte, Web Warden
Often played with Whiplash Trap
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : You must target two creatures as you cast Whiplash Trap. If you can't (because just one creature is on the battlefield, perhaps), you can't cast the spell.
- : Effects that increase or reduce the cost to cast a Trap will apply to whichever cost you chose to pay.
- : You can target any two creatures, not just ones that entered this turn.
- : 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.
- : 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.