Pitfall Trap

Mana cost

Mana value3TypeInstant — Trap Color identity

White RarityCommon SetModern Masters 2017 (MM3) ArtistFranz Vohwinkel Price€0.03 · foil €0.22 · $0.17

About this card

Pitfall Trap is an instant card in Magic: The Gathering with mana value 3 (color identity: white). First printed in Zendikar (2009); 3 paper printings in total. Role in Commander: removal. Legal in Commander, Modern, Legacy, Vintage and Pauper. Cheapest printing: €0.03 (Modern Masters 2017); most expensive: €0.08 (Zendikar).

Pitfall Trap

Instant — Trap

If exactly one creature is attacking, you may pay

rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Destroy target attacking creature without flying.

Each spike is poisoned—the trapmaker's idea of mercy.

Name in each language

FrançaisPiège à fosseEnglishPitfall TrapEspañolTrampa de fosoDeutschGrubenfalleItalianoTrappola a FossaPortuguêsArmadilha de Alçapão日本語落とし穴の罠

Legality

CommanderLegalStandardNot legalPioneerNot legalModernLegalLegacyLegalVintageLegalPauperLegalBrawlNot legalOathbreakerLegalHistoricNot legalTimelessNot legalPenny DreadfulLegal

Rulings

2009-10-01
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.

2009-10-01
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.

2009-10-01
Effects that increase or reduce the cost to cast a Trap will apply to whichever cost you chose to pay.