Snag
Instant
You may discard a Forest card rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by unblocked creatures this turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Prophecy
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #17829
Snag bounces a nonland permanent back to its owner's hand and replaces itself — instant-speed tempo plus card parity for a single blue mana. In any deck that cares about enter-the-battlefield triggers or needs a clean answer to a problematic permanent, Snag earns its slot on raw efficiency alone.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sergeant John Benton
Sergeant John Benton rewards you for casting noncreature spells with +1/+1 counters, so Snag pulls double duty — disrupting an opponent's board while ticking up Benton and drawing a card to keep the engine turning.
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 |
In Commander, Snag is a one-mana bounce spell that replaces itself, which clears a low bar to inclusion in any blue tempo or flicker shell. Legacy and Vintage have access to it, but the eternal formats' threat density makes a cantrip bounce rarely worth a slot outside niche brews. Snag's real home is Commander, where resetting a stax piece, protecting a key creature from removal, or enabling an ETB loop at instant speed for one mana is simply good value.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Snag is firmly bulk — buy a playset without thinking twice. Bulk cantrips with genuine utility tend to stay cheap regardless of play volume, so don't expect this to spike.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.