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Magic: The Gathering · Doctor Who · Rare

Ensnared by the Mara

Sorcery

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Market price

$11.21

Foil

5

Public decks

Ensnared by the Mara
$11.21
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Rules Text

Each opponent faces a villainous choice — They exile cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card, then you may cast that card without paying its mana cost, or that player exiles the top four cards of their library and Ensnared by the Mara deals damage equal to the total mana value of those exiled cards to that player.

Card Facts

Mana value
4
Colors
Color identity
EDHREC rank
#3,404
Rarity
Rare

Legality

Commander

Legal

Duel Commander

Legal

Legacy

Legal

Oathbreaker

Legal

Vintage

Legal

Alchemy

Not legal

Brawl

Not legal

Competitive Brawl

Not legal

Future

Not legal

Gladiator

Not legal

Historic

Not legal

Modern

Not legal

Old School

Not legal

Pauper

Not legal

Pauper Commander

Not legal

Penny Dreadful

Not legal

Pioneer

Not legal

PreDH

Not legal

Premodern

Not legal

Standard

Not legal

Standard Brawl

Not legal

Timeless

Not legal

TLR

Not legal

Rulings

  1. Oct 13, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast

    The opponent chooses whether to exile cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card or to exile the top four cards of their library. They don't choose whether you cast the cards exiled by the first option.

  2. Oct 13, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast

    When a player faces a villainous choice, they first choose one of the two options, then all actions in the chosen option are performed.

  3. Oct 13, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast

    If a spell or ability requires multiple players to face a villainous choice, the result is a little different from other effects in Magic. In that case, the first player in turn order makes their choice and the action for that choice is performed before the next player makes their choice. Then each of the remaining players repeat this process in turn order.

  4. Oct 13, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast

    A player facing a villainous choice can always choose either option, even if one or both of the options are impossible. For example, if one of the options is to sacrifice a creature, a player who controls no creatures can still choose that option.

Printings

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4 printings
Doctor Who
Doctor WhoWHO · $7.22
Doctor Who
Doctor WhoWHO · $11.71
Doctor Who
Doctor WhoWHO · $11.21
Doctor Who
Doctor WhoWHO · $18.26
Community

Decks using this card

5 public decks run Ensnared by the Mara.


MTGCommanderB3

Tannuk

xedeon
xedeon2 months ago
4200
MTGCommanderB1

Demonstrating a Lesson in Chaos Theory

TheGentleman
TheGentleman1 year ago
700
MTGCommanderB1

Masters of Evil (Doctor Who Preconstructed Commander Deck)

WizardsOfTheCoast
WizardsOfTheCoast1 year ago
200