Ensnaring Bridge
Stronghold 133 • rare
- Set
- Stronghold
- Collector number
- 133
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Pete Venters
- Market price
- $14.13
What it does
Creatures with power greater than the number of cards in your hand can't attack.
"I expected a fight, but I didn't expect it from the building itself."— Gerrard
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Ensnaring Bridge first appeared in the 1998 Magic: The Gathering expansion set Stronghold. Designed by Mike Donais, the card was intended to provide a powerful defensive tool for control-oriented decks, leveraging a unique mechanic that restricts combat based on the number of cards in a player's hand. Its release coincided with a period in the game's history where developers were exploring more complex board-state interactions, and it quickly became a staple in various formats due to its ability to neutralize aggressive strategies.
The card's iconic illustration was created by artist Christopher Rush. Known for his contributions to the earliest sets of the game, Rush utilized a gritty, atmospheric style to capture the card's theme of a magical barrier. The artwork depicts a foreboding, narrow crossing, reinforcing the mechanical theme of entrapment. While initially met with mixed reactions regarding the frustration it could cause in casual play, it has maintained a reputation as one of the most recognizable artifacts in the history of the game.
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