D'Avenant Trapper

Creature — Human Archer

Whenever you cast a historic spell, tap target creature an opponent controls. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
common
Set
Dominaria
Price
$0.06
EDHREC rank
#22787
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D'Avenant Trapper card art
D'Avenant Trapper taps down a creature whenever you cast a historic spell — instants, sorceries, artifacts, and Sagas all trigger it, making it a surprisingly consistent lock piece in the right shell. The three-mana 1/3 body is unremarkable, but the tap effect is free and repeatable, which is the whole point.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

In Commander, D'Avenant Trapper slots into Boros or Azorius historic-matters builds where you're casting enough artifacts and instants to trigger it multiple times per turn cycle — think Raff Capashen or Jhoira of the Ghitu shells where historic spells flow freely. Outside Commander, it sees essentially no competitive play: Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy have faster, more targeted ways to tap down blockers or lock opponents out, and a 1/3 for three with a conditional tap isn't close to rate. Pauper is the one format worth a second glance, where slower games and lower card quality make a repeatable tap effect more meaningful, though it still needs a critical mass of artifacts to fire consistently.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.06 bulk tier

At $0.06, D'Avenant Trapper is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and postage, not the card itself. That price is stable because demand is narrow and supply is ample; it won't move unless a new historic-matters commander breaks through and puts the archetype on the map.

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    Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.