---
name: "Perilous Snare"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Max speed", "Start your engines!"]
set: "DFT"
set_name: "Aetherdrift"
collector_number: "377"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Chris Seaman"
oracle_id: "cff7499a-44b0-4a2a-b96c-ed2cafb1a90d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/perilous-snare-dft"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Perilous Snare
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact
- **Keywords:** Max speed, Start your engines!

## Oracle Text
Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.)
When this artifact enters, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until this artifact leaves the battlefield.
Max speed — {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature or Vehicle you control. Activate only as a sorcery.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Starting Column](/printing/starting-column-dft.md) — Artifact
2. [Racers' Scoreboard](/printing/racers-scoreboard-dft.md) — Artifact
3. [Amonkhet Raceway](/printing/amonkhet-raceway-dft.md) — Land
4. [Outpace Oblivion](/printing/outpace-oblivion-dft.md) — Enchantment
5. [Momentum Breaker](/printing/momentum-breaker-dft.md) — Enchantment
6. [Endrider Catalyzer](/printing/endrider-catalyzer-dft.md) — Creature — Human Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Aetherdrift (DFT) #377
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Chris Seaman
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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