---
name: "Whiplash Trap"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Instant — Trap"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "ZEN"
set_name: "Zendikar"
collector_number: "77"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai"
oracle_id: "1bd26692-c030-4493-883e-2d26b3a1d025"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/whiplash-trap-zen"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Whiplash Trap
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Instant — Trap

## Oracle Text
If an opponent had two or more creatures enter the battlefield under their control this turn, you may pay {U} rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Return two target creatures to their owners' hands.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mindbreak Trap](/printing/mindbreak-trap-mb2.md) — Instant — Trap
2. [Lethargy Trap](/printing/lethargy-trap-zen.md) — Instant — Trap
3. [Ensnare](/printing/ensnare-nem.md) — Instant
4. [Summoning Trap](/printing/summoning-trap-mm3.md) — Instant — Trap
5. [Waterwhirl](/printing/waterwhirl-ktk.md) — Instant
6. [Permafrost Trap](/printing/permafrost-trap-wwk.md) — Instant — Trap

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Zendikar (ZEN) #77
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
- **Total Printings:** 21 across all historical editions

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