Springjaw Trap
Artifact
Flash
, 
, Sacrifice this artifact: It deals 3 damage to any target.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #25699
Springjaw Trap deals damage equal to the number of Forests you control to target creature or player — in a mono-green or heavy-green shell, that's a removal spell and a burn spell stapled together for as little than one mana. It's niche enough that it won't make most lists, but in the right deck it punches above its cost.
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 |
Springjaw Trap is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but it's a Commander card at heart — formats with 20-life opponents and fast clocks don't have the patience for a Forest-counting payoff. In Commander, a green-heavy deck with 10-plus Forests can realistically point this at a problem creature for one mana, which is where Springjaw Trap earns its slot. Pauper is the one other format worth mentioning: mono-green stompy can accumulate enough Forests for this to double as reach, and the common rarity keeps it accessible.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Springjaw Trap is deep bulk — you'll find copies in bulk bins before you need to order one. Bulk rares don't climb without a format breakout, and nothing on the horizon suggests one for Springjaw Trap, so buy it for the deck and don't expect anything back.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.