---
name: "Selective Snare"
mana_cost: "{X}{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "GRN"
set_name: "Guilds of Ravnica"
collector_number: "53"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Alex Konstad"
oracle_id: "85442273-9596-47bf-9b40-6d48fd7183a6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/selective-snare-grn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Selective Snare
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Return X target creatures of the creature type of your choice to their owner's hand.

> *"Quanta consideração da Legião treinar os soldados conforme as especificações das nossas mágicas!"
— Nefara, agente Dimir*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Raise the Palisade](/printing/raise-the-palisade-hoc.md) — Sorcery
2. [Captivating Gyre](/printing/captivating-gyre-m20.md) — Sorcery
3. [Sea God's Scorn](/printing/sea-gods-scorn-thb.md) — Sorcery
4. [Void Snare](/printing/void-snare-m15.md) — Sorcery
5. [Wash Out](/printing/wash-out-cma.md) — Sorcery
6. [Aphetto Dredging](/printing/aphetto-dredging-h09.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) #53
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Alex Konstad
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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