---
name: "Ensnare"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "NEM"
set_name: "Nemesis"
collector_number: "32"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Gao Yan"
oracle_id: "df197279-ddb2-4237-8bb1-8df41d3bed9e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ensnare-nem"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Ensnare
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
You may return two Islands you control to their owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Tap all creatures.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Thwart](/printing/thwart-mmq.md) — Instant
2. [Daze](/printing/daze-wc00.md) — Instant
3. [Tidal Bore](/printing/tidal-bore-mmq.md) — Instant
4. [Gush](/printing/gush-plst.md) — Instant
5. [Flooded Shoreline](/printing/flooded-shoreline-vis.md) — Enchantment
6. [Deprive](/printing/deprive-roe.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Nemesis (NEM) #32
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Gao Yan
- **Total Printings:** 8 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`