---
name: "Caltrops"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "7ED"
set_name: "Seventh Edition"
collector_number: "288"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Eric Peterson"
oracle_id: "b13f97b3-56ae-4131-a93b-b162c8ff7cca"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/caltrops-7ed"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Caltrops
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
Whenever a creature attacks, this artifact deals 1 damage to it.

> *Le Paladin de l'Est savait combien son rival du Sud aimait les chevaux. Il lui prépara un accueil adapté.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Boarded Window](/printing/boarded-window-dbl.md) — Artifact
2. [Bullwhip](/printing/bullwhip-sth.md) — Artifact
3. [Kongming's Contraptions](/printing/kongmings-contraptions-ptk.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
4. [Briar Patch](/printing/briar-patch-mmq.md) — Enchantment
5. [Barbed Wire](/printing/barbed-wire-mmq.md) — Artifact
6. [Talon of Pain](/printing/talon-of-pain-j22.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Seventh Edition (7ED) #288
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Eric Peterson
- **Total Printings:** 19 across all historical editions

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