---
name: "Trap the Trespassers"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Secret council"]
set: "LTC"
set_name: "Tales of Middle-earth Commander"
collector_number: "25"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Tatiana Kirgetova"
oracle_id: "ef72af33-37fc-48ed-90d8-547c90e1609d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/trap-the-trespassers-ltc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Trap the Trespassers
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Secret council

## Oracle Text
Secret council — Each player secretly votes for a creature you don't control, then those votes are revealed. For each creature with one or more votes, put that many stun counters on it, then tap it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Truth or Consequences](/printing/truth-or-consequences-who.md) — Sorcery
2. [Mob Verdict](/printing/mob-verdict-mkc.md) — Sorcery
3. [Vault 11: Voter's Dilemma](/printing/vault-11-voters-dilemma-pip.md) — Enchantment — Saga
4. [Illusion of Choice](/printing/illusion-of-choice-cn2.md) — Instant
5. [Grudge Keeper](/printing/grudge-keeper-cns.md) — Creature — Zombie Wizard
6. [Council's Judgment](/printing/councils-judgment-cns.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #25
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Tatiana Kirgetova
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

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