Cobra Trap
If a noncreature permanent under your control was destroyed this turn by a spell or ability an opponent controlled, you may pay G rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Create four 1/1 green Snake creature tokens.
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Legality
9 formatsB/R history
Rulings
4- 2009-10-01
A spell or ability destroys a permanent only if that spell or ability specifically contains the word “destroy” in its text. If a spell or ability an opponent controls exiles a noncreature permanent you control, causes you to sacrifice a noncreature permanent, removes all loyalty counters from a planeswalker you control, or causes an ability you control to trigger (and then that ability destroys a permanent you control), Cobra Trap’s alternative cost condition hasn’t 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.
- 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.
Versions
3| Set | No. | Year | Rarity | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C15Commander 2015 | 180 | 2015 | Uncommon | Scott Chou |
| CMDCommander 2011 | 146 | 2011 | Uncommon | Scott Chou |
| ZENZendikar | 160 | 2009 | Uncommon | Scott Chou |