Nemesis Trap
Instant — Trap
If a white creature is attacking, you may pay 
rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Exile target attacking creature. Create a token that's a copy of that creature. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Worldwake
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #23535
Nemesis Trap exiles an attacking creature and puts a 2/2 Illusion token into play — instant-speed exile removal that replaces itself on the board. The catch is a five-mana base cost that drops to one mana only when a white creature attacked you this turn, making it a conditional rate that rarely fires outside dedicated Trap-tribal or white-heavy metas.
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, Nemesis Trap sits in an awkward spot — white creatures are common enough that the discount triggers occasionally, but five mana at instant speed is too slow for a removal spell in a format where threats scale to six and seven mana. Legacy and Vintage have faster, cheaper exile options that make Nemesis Trap uncompetitive in those formats despite its legality. Modern likewise has Path to Exile and Solitude doing the same job cleaner and unconditionally. The card finds its most honest home in Commander precons or budget cubes where the one-mana discount feels like a genuine reward for reading the table.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Nemesis Trap is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not the effect. That price won't move; conditional removal at five mana has no competitive demand pulling it upward.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.