Pitfall Trap
- Mana cost
- {2}{W}
- Type
- Instant — Trap
- Set
- The List #MM3-18 (common)
- Price
- $0.27 USD
If exactly one creature is attacking, you may pay {W} rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Destroy target attacking creature without flying.
Pitfall Trap has 3 printings, first in Zendikar (2009). EDHREC ranks it #26,807 among Commander cards. It appears most in Nick Fury, Spymaster decks (2 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Pitfall Trap most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Nick Fury, Spymaster: 2 decks
- Pang Tong, "Young Phoenix": 1 decks
- Prava of the Steel Legion
Often played with Pitfall Trap
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : 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.
- : Effects that increase or reduce the cost to cast a Trap will apply to whichever cost you chose to pay.