Snare the Skies
Instant
Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains reach until end of turn. (It can block creatures with flying.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Avacyn Restored
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #29473
Snare the Skies gives a creature +1/+2 and reach until end of turn at instant speed for one green mana — cheap enough to leave up without commitment. It's a narrow combat trick with no lasting board presence, and that ceiling keeps it out of most serious lists.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Snare the Skies is a fringe inclusion — it fits only in decks that win through a single pumped creature and need reach as a specific meta call against flying commanders. In Pauper, where combat tricks at common are more competitive and games hinge on one-for-one exchanges, it sees occasional sideboard use in green aggro as a cheap answer to evasive creatures. Legacy and Vintage have no interest — the power bar is too high for a +1/+2 reach cantrip-less trick. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander read: playable in a narrow pump-focused build, irrelevant elsewhere.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
Snare the Skies sits at $0.05, firmly bulk. At that price the financial risk is zero, but bulk commons rarely appreciate unless a new mechanic or commander pushes their specific text into relevance.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.