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
- Market price
- $10.09
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 Selinker. Mechanically, the card was intended to provide a defensive tool for control-oriented decks by restricting the ability of opponents to attack based on the number of cards held in their hand. Its design reflects the 'prison' archetype, where the objective is to limit the opponent's options until they are unable to execute a winning strategy.
The Eighth Edition printing, released in 2003, marked a significant milestone as the first core set to feature modern card frames. The illustration for this specific iteration was provided by Greg Staples, who moved away from the darker, more abstract aesthetics of the original printing to produce a piece that emphasizes the structural and imposing nature of the bridge itself, fitting the cohesive visual identity established for the new core set era.
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