---
name: "Cobra Trap"
mana_cost: "{4}{G}{G}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Instant — Trap"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "ZEN"
set_name: "Zendikar"
collector_number: "160"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Scott Chou"
oracle_id: "f3953f48-01c0-4647-9e4a-d70708d01e33"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cobra-trap-zen"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Cobra Trap
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{G}{G}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Instant — Trap

## Oracle Text
If a noncreature permanent under your control was destroyed this turn by a spell or ability an opponent controlled, you may pay {G} rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Create four 1/1 green Snake creature tokens.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Baloth Cage Trap](/printing/baloth-cage-trap-mm3.md) — Instant — Trap
2. [Snake Pit](/printing/snake-pit-mmq.md) — Enchantment
3. [Summoning Trap](/printing/summoning-trap-mm3.md) — Instant — Trap
4. [Rite of the Serpent](/printing/rite-of-the-serpent-ktk.md) — Sorcery
5. [Inferno Trap](/printing/inferno-trap-arc.md) — Instant — Trap
6. [Stone Idol Trap](/printing/stone-idol-trap-wwk.md) — Instant — Trap

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Zendikar (ZEN) #160
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Scott Chou
- **Total Printings:** 22 across all historical editions

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