Starlight Snare
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, tap enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Foundations
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #20054
Starlight Snare exiles the target and taps it permanently — a hard answer that doesn't give the creature back. Three mana at sorcery speed is the real cost, and it keeps this out of most competitive lists.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Starlight Snare competes in a crowded field of white single-target removal, and sorcery speed is a meaningful strike against it — you can't answer an Eldrazi swinging at you. In Standard and Pioneer, it's legal but well below the power threshold needed to see play in any serious list. Pauper is where it's most plausible, since the exile clause and permanent tap effect are genuinely strong at common, though even there better white options exist. Legacy and Vintage don't need it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Starlight Snare is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a commons box without thinking twice. The price accurately reflects demand: it's playable filler, not a staple, and nothing about its design suggests upward pressure.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.