---
name: "Pitfall Trap"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant — Trap"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "MM3"
set_name: "Modern Masters 2017"
collector_number: "18"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Franz Vohwinkel"
oracle_id: "26e75f0b-3a02-4989-8429-b6276e98ac33"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/pitfall-trap-mm3"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Pitfall Trap
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant — Trap

## Oracle Text
If exactly one creature is attacking, you may pay {W} rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Destroy target attacking creature without flying.

> *Each spike is poisoned—the trapmaker's idea of mercy.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Pit Trap](/printing/pit-trap-usg.md) — Artifact
2. [Slingbow Trap](/printing/slingbow-trap-wwk.md) — Instant — Trap
3. [Trap Digger](/printing/trap-digger-scg.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
4. [Tangletrap](/printing/tangletrap-stx.md) — Instant
5. [Lethargy Trap](/printing/lethargy-trap-zen.md) — Instant — Trap
6. [Inferno Trap](/printing/inferno-trap-arc.md) — Instant — Trap

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Masters 2017 (MM3) #18
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Franz Vohwinkel
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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