Ensnared by the Mara
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}{R}
- Type
- Sorcery
- Set
- Doctor Who #84 (rare)
- Price
- $7.29 USD
Each opponent faces a villainous choice — They exile cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card, then you may cast that card without paying its mana cost, or that player exiles the top four cards of their library and Ensnared by the Mara deals damage equal to the total mana value of those exiled cards to that player.
Ensnared by the Mara has 4 printings, first in Doctor Who (2023). EDHREC ranks it #3,396 among Commander cards. It appears most in Dr. Eggman decks (3,461 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Ensnared by the Mara
- Masters of Evil - Doctor Who, led by Davros, Dalek Creator
Commanders that run Ensnared by the Mara most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Dr. Eggman: 3,461 decks
- Don Andres, the Renegade: 2,209 decks
- The Valeyard: 1,993 decks
- Ian Malcolm, Chaotician: 1,733 decks
- Deadpool, Trading Card: 1,398 decks
- Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter: 1,370 decks
- Prosper, Tome-Bound: 1,361 decks
- Magar of the Magic Strings: 1,322 decks
Often played with Ensnared by the Mara
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : When a player faces a villainous choice, they first choose one of the two options, then all actions in the chosen option are performed.
- : If a spell or ability requires multiple players to face a villainous choice, the result is a little different from other effects in Magic. In that case, the first player in turn order makes their choice and the action for that choice is performed before the next player makes their choice. Then each of the remaining players repeat this process in turn order.
- : A player facing a villainous choice can always choose either option, even if one or both of the options are impossible. For example, if one of the options is to sacrifice a creature, a player who controls no creatures can still choose that option.
- : The opponent chooses whether to exile cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card or to exile the top four cards of their library. They don't choose whether you cast the cards exiled by the first option.