Summoning Trap
Zendikar 184 • rare
- Set
- Zendikar
- Collector number
- 184
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana green mana green mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Kieran Yanner
- Market price
- $0.36
What it does
If a creature spell you cast this turn was countered by a spell or ability an opponent controlled, you may pay 0 generic mana rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Look at the top seven cards of your library. You may put a creature card from among them onto the battlefield. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Summoning Trap was released in 2009 as part of the Zendikar expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The set was designed around an adventure-themed aesthetic, focusing on exploration, landfall mechanics, and high-impact creatures. The card represents a strategic instant that allows a player to reveal cards from their deck until they find a creature, reflecting the high-risk, high-reward nature of adventuring in the dangerous Zendikar setting.
The card was illustrated by Jason Chan, whose work for the set leaned into the lush, hazardous landscape of the plane. His design features an ornate, glowing trap mechanism integrated into the natural environment, aiming to evoke the feel of an ancient defense triggered by an unsuspecting explorer. It was received by players as a specialized tool for green decks, primarily utilized in formats like Standard and Modern to recover from counterspells by putting a powerful creature directly onto the battlefield.
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