---
name: "Permafrost Trap"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant — Trap"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "WWK"
set_name: "Worldwake"
collector_number: "34"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Howard Lyon"
oracle_id: "f037b319-e559-42ad-bcfe-d43d07ce05e7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/permafrost-trap-wwk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Permafrost Trap
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant — Trap

## Oracle Text
If an opponent had a green creature enter the battlefield under their control this turn, you may pay {U} rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Tap up to two target creatures. Those creatures don't untap during their controller's next untap step.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Frost Breath](/printing/frost-breath-m12.md) — Instant
2. [Crippling Chill](/printing/crippling-chill-j22.md) — Instant
3. [Ethereal Grasp](/printing/ethereal-grasp-j21.md) — Instant
4. [Lethargy Trap](/printing/lethargy-trap-zen.md) — Instant — Trap
5. [Whiplash Trap](/printing/whiplash-trap-zen.md) — Instant — Trap
6. [Frostveil Ambush](/printing/frostveil-ambush-iko.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Worldwake (WWK) #34
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Howard Lyon
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`