---
name: "Baloth Cage Trap"
mana_cost: "{3}{G}{G}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Instant — Trap"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "ZEN"
set_name: "Zendikar"
collector_number: "156"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Austin Hsu"
oracle_id: "1221bef9-5947-4c32-a74b-b60279bb79bf"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/baloth-cage-trap-zen"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Baloth Cage Trap
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{G}{G}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Instant — Trap

## Oracle Text
If an opponent had an artifact enter the battlefield under their control this turn, you may pay {1}{G} rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Create a 4/4 green Beast creature token.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cobra Trap](/printing/cobra-trap-cmd.md) — Instant — Trap
2. [Stone Idol Trap](/printing/stone-idol-trap-wwk.md) — Instant — Trap
3. [Beast Within](/printing/beast-within-who.md) — Instant
4. [Manglehorn](/printing/manglehorn-akh.md) — Creature — Beast
5. [Beast Attack](/printing/beast-attack-dds.md) — Instant
6. [Trial of Strength](/printing/trial-of-strength-akh.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Zendikar (ZEN) #156
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Austin Hsu
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`