---
name: "Tar Snare"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "OGW"
set_name: "Oath of the Gatewatch"
collector_number: "90"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Karl Kopinski"
oracle_id: "3621bd8c-c883-462f-ad56-c01deecb2720"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/tar-snare-ogw"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Tar Snare
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Target creature gets -3/-2 until end of turn.

> *The amorphous, magically animated residue known as the Fathom Sludge lurks in the Hagra Cistern, attacking its prey with pseudopods and dragging it down to be digested.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Scorpion's Sting](/printing/scorpions-sting-spm.md) — Instant
2. [Wring Flesh](/printing/wring-flesh-m12.md) — Instant
3. [Strangling Spores](/printing/strangling-spores-m19.md) — Instant
4. [Last Gasp](/printing/last-gasp-jmp.md) — Instant
5. [Stab](/printing/stab-fdn.md) — Instant
6. [Disfigure](/printing/disfigure-ddr.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Oath of the Gatewatch (OGW) #90
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Karl Kopinski
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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