Tajuru Snarecaster
Creature — Elf Rogue
Reach
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Zendikar Rising
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #24140
Tajuru Snarecaster enters the battlefield and immediately blanks one of your opponent's creatures for the rest of the turn — a flash-speed ambush blocker that doubles as a soft tap effect. Three mana for a 2/3 with that kind of enter-the-battlefield utility is fine, but it's a one-time trick on a body that doesn't press any real advantage.
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 |
Tajuru Snarecaster is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but it doesn't see meaningful play in any of them. In Commander, a three-mana 2/3 that taps one creature at flash speed is too low-impact to earn a slot — the format demands permanence or repeatable value, and a single tap that evaporates at end of turn barely qualifies as a tempo play. Pauper is the only format where Tajuru Snarecaster could theoretically matter, but green has better bodies and blue has better tap effects at common, so it doesn't land there either. Across the board, it's a Limited card doing its best impression of a Constructed one.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Tajuru Snarecaster is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a common box and rarely leaves it. That price is a ceiling, not a floor; there's no demand engine that would push it higher.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.