---
name: "Entrapment Maneuver"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "C16"
set_name: "Commander 2016"
collector_number: "2"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Filip Burburan"
oracle_id: "2244bef9-1e4e-44ed-9b27-810f04f9e611"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/entrapment-maneuver-c16"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Entrapment Maneuver
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Target player sacrifices an attacking creature of their choice. You create X 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens, where X is that creature's toughness.

> *„Gier, blinde Wut, Blutrausch — sie alle führen in den Tod, herbeigeführt durch jene, die einen kühlen Kopf bewahren." —Feldwebel Eyra*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sacrifice Play](/printing/sacrifice-play-ust.md) — Instant
2. [Expendable Troops](/printing/expendable-troops-ulg.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
3. [Celestial Flare](/printing/celestial-flare-plst.md) — Instant
4. [Soul Snare](/printing/soul-snare-scd.md) — Enchantment
5. [Soldier Replica](/printing/soldier-replica-mrd.md) — Artifact Creature — Soldier
6. [Mercy Killing](/printing/mercy-killing-plst.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2016 (C16) #2
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Filip Burburan
- **Total Printings:** 23 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: `legal`