Bramblesnap
Creature — Elemental
Trample
Tap an untapped creature you control: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Rise of the Eldrazi
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #24801
Bramblesnap turns spare creatures into pump, giving you a relevant attacker that scales with board width at the cost of tapping your team. In untap-heavy shells like Unctus, Grand Metatect, where tapping creatures is free value rather than a real cost, it outperforms its modest two-mana price tag.
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 |
Bramblesnap is a Commander card through and through — it needs a critical mass of creatures to be worthwhile, and only Commander reliably supplies a board state wide enough to make repeated tapping feel free. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but entirely unplayed; those formats move too fast and too efficiently for a two-mana creature that requires setup to do anything. Modern has similarly left Bramblesnap behind, where creature synergies at this slot demand immediate or unconditional impact. Stick to Commander, specifically untap and token strategies where the tap cost is already built into the game plan.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Unctus, Grand MetatectThe Watcher in the WaterBramblesnap
Near-infinite tapped creature tokens; Near-infinitely large creature until end of turn; Infinite self-discard triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite looting
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Bramblesnap is pure bulk — you're picking it out of a dollar box, not tracking it on a buylist. It's unlikely to appreciate given narrow format playability, but at this price the question is never cost, only whether the slot is worth it in your specific deck.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.