Snare Tactician
Creature — Human Soldier
Whenever you cycle a card, tap target creature an opponent controls.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #23409
Snare Tactician taps all creatures an opponent controls whenever you cycle a card — a repeatable, free-action lock piece that stacks fast in cycle-heavy decks. The 2/3 body is irrelevant; you're here for the tap trigger.
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 |
In Commander, Snare Tactician earns a slot in any cycling-matters build — it turns every cycled card into a Fog effect, and in a four-player game that kind of board control compounds quickly. Pauper is where Snare Tactician sees its most competitive play, slotting into cycling combo shells that chain draws and locks opponents out of attacking entirely. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's fringe at best — faster formats punish a three-mana creature that doesn't immediately close a game. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander read: strong if the spellbook cycles aggressively, irrelevant otherwise.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Snare Tactician is pure bulk — pick up as many copies as you need without a second thought. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to move unless a cycling combo deck breaks into a major format.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.