Leonin Snarecaster
Creature — Cat Soldier
When this creature enters, you may tap target creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Jumpstart 2022
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #23674
Leonin Snarecaster enters the battlefield and taps a creature — a one-time tempo play stapled to a 2/1 body for two mana. The effect is narrow and the body is forgettable, so unless you're specifically counting enters-the-battlefield triggers, there are better options at every point on the curve.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Leonin Snarecaster is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but that breadth doesn't translate to relevance. In Pauper it sits at the bottom of the playable pile — the format has far more efficient tap effects and ETB bodies at common. In Commander, the tap-one-creature ceiling is so low that Leonin Snarecaster rarely earns a slot outside dedicated flicker or ETB-count decks where squeezing every trigger matters. Competitive formats ignore it entirely.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Leonin Snarecaster is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a commons box, not a store shelf. That price will hold simply because there's no demand driver to move it in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.