Lure of Prey
Instant
Cast this spell only if an opponent cast a creature spell this turn.
You may put a green creature card from your hand onto the battlefield.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $3.78
- EDHREC rank
- #22739
Lure of Prey lets you drop any number of creature spells from your hand onto the battlefield the moment an opponent casts a creature — free, at instant speed, all at once. Three mana for that trigger window is the entire cost, and in the right deck it ends games on the spot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Lure of Prey is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — and Commander is the only format where it's genuinely worth building around. In Legacy and Vintage, the card pool offers faster and more consistent ways to empty your hand onto the battlefield without needing an opponent to cooperate, so Lure of Prey sits well below the competitive threshold in those formats. Commander is where it thrives: multiplayer tables mean at least one opponent is casting a creature on most turns, the trigger window is reliable, and a single activation can generate enough board presence to close a game when your hand is loaded with cheap creatures.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$3.78 cheap tier
At $3.78, Lure of Prey sits at the low end of the mid-tier range — cheap enough that the buy-in is trivial for any deck built to abuse it. It's a narrow card with a devoted audience, so the price is unlikely to erode further; if anything, a high-profile Simic combo deck in a Commander precon could push it upward.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.