Ensnaring Bridge
Eighth Edition 300★ • rare
- Set
- Eighth Edition
- Collector number
- 300★
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Ron Spencer
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
Creatures with power greater than the number of cards in your hand can't attack.
"Why build a bridge that needs to be guarded?"— Elvish champion
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 Stronghold expansion in 1998, designed by Mike Elliott. It was conceived as a defensive artifact meant to punish aggressive strategies by preventing creatures with power greater than the number of cards in the player's hand from attacking. Its inclusion in the Eighth Edition core set in 2003 marked its transition into the modern frame, updating the card's visual identity while maintaining its reputation as a cornerstone of control-based archetypes.
The Eighth Edition printing features illustration by Donato Giancola, who opted for a surreal, architectural interpretation of the concept. Giancola's design evokes a sense of claustrophobia and restraint, fitting the card's mechanical function of locking down the battlefield. Within the Magic: The Gathering community, the Eighth Edition version is frequently sought after by players who prefer the classic, clean layout of the early modern frame over subsequent reprints.
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