Baloth Cage Trap
Instant — Trap
If an opponent had an artifact enter the battlefield under their control this turn, you may pay 
rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Create a 4/4 green Beast creature token.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Zendikar
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #21771
Baloth Cage Trap puts a 4/4 Beast onto the battlefield — and for one green mana if an opponent played an artifact this turn, that's one of the most efficient bodies in the format. The trap cost makes it a real card in artifact-heavy metas; at full price, it's too slow to matter.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Baloth Cage Trap earns a slot specifically when your pod runs artifact-dense decks — Breya, Memnarch, or Sharuum tables where the trap cost triggers almost every turn cycle. In Legacy and Vintage, artifact density is high enough that the trap discount fires reliably, but a 4/4 isn't a meaningful threat at those power levels and the card sees no real play. Modern has the same problem: the body doesn't close games fast enough to justify a slot. Baloth Cage Trap is a Commander card, full stop, and even there it competes with instant-speed token makers that don't need a setup condition.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Baloth Cage Trap is deep bulk — you're not buying it so much as finding it in a trade binder. That price is stable at zero; there's no spike scenario for a niche conditional trap at this power level.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.