---
name: "Ensnared by the Mara"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "WHO"
set_name: "Doctor Who"
collector_number: "84"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Andrey Kuzinskiy"
oracle_id: "16090270-0ac5-404c-b0c8-a6c8a4b508a4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ensnared-by-the-mara-who"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Ensnared by the Mara
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Each opponent faces a villainous choice — They exile cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card, then you may cast that card without paying its mana cost, or that player exiles the top four cards of their library and Ensnared by the Mara deals damage equal to the total mana value of those exiled cards to that player.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [The Ruinous Powers](/printing/the-ruinous-powers-40k.md) — Enchantment
2. [Villainous Wealth](/printing/villainous-wealth-ktk.md) — Sorcery
3. [Tasha's Hideous Laughter](/printing/tashas-hideous-laughter-pafr.md) — Sorcery
4. [Plargg and Nassari](/printing/plargg-and-nassari-mat.md) — Legendary Creature — Orc Efreet
5. [Soulfire Eruption](/printing/soulfire-eruption-cmr.md) — Sorcery
6. [Allure of the Unknown](/printing/allure-of-the-unknown-prm.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Doctor Who (WHO) #84
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Andrey Kuzinskiy
- **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`