---
name: "Check for Traps"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "AFR"
set_name: "Adventures in the Forgotten Realms"
collector_number: "92"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Zoltan Boros"
oracle_id: "41b2ea88-b3b9-44f0-8886-7b2f37b22ebf"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/check-for-traps-afr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Check for Traps
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. Exile that card. If an instant card or a card with flash is exiled this way, they lose 1 life. Otherwise, you lose 1 life.

> *« Détendez-vous. Laissez faire la spécialiste. »*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Trapfinder's Trick](/printing/trapfinders-trick-zen.md) — Sorcery
2. [Castigate](/printing/castigate-gpt.md) — Sorcery
3. [Specter's Shriek](/printing/specters-shriek-eld.md) — Sorcery
4. [Thoughtseize](/printing/thoughtseize-otp.md) — Sorcery
5. [Agonizing Remorse](/printing/agonizing-remorse-thb.md) — Sorcery
6. [Mind Spike](/printing/mind-spike-hbg.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR) #92
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Zoltan Boros
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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