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Pitfall Trap

Instant — Trap2 generic manaWhite mana

The bargain is structural: overextend a lone attacker, and the white mana you held back becomes a one-mana removal spell that erases it before damage. The trap mechanic asks the opponent to walk into a condition, and this one keys on the simplest tell in combat, the single attacker. Send exactly one creature into the red zone and the discount unlocks; spread the offense across two or more bodies and it evaporates, leaving you a flat three-mana destroy effect that any white deck could run without the gimmick. That fork is the whole design: the trap rewards a defender who reads an aggressor committing a solitary threat, and quietly fails against an aggressor who knows to widen the board. The "without flying" rider is the other restriction, narrowing the answer to ground creatures and keeping it off the evasive threats white most wants help against. It is conditional removal dressed as a tempo blowout, and the price of the blowout is that the opponent decides whether you ever get to pay it.

Pitfall Trap (plst)
PLST · #MM3-18common
Pricing
Normal: $0.11
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Oracle Text

Rules text

If exactly one creature is attacking, you may pay White mana rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Destroy target attacking creature without flying.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
Legal
Pauper Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
Legal
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