Baloth Cage Trap (Zendikar) - Gatherer

Baloth Cage Trap

Community Rating:

Community Rating: 3.824 / 5 (74 votes)

Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Baloth Cage Trap

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Instant — Trap

Card Text:

If an opponent had an artifact enter the battlefield under his or her control this turn, you may pay

rather than pay Baloth Cage Trap's mana cost.

Put a 4/4 green Beast creature token onto the battlefield.

Expansion:

Zendikar

Rarity:

Uncommon

All Sets:

Card Number:

156

Artist:

Austin Hsu

Language:

English

Rulings

10/1/2009	You may ignore a Trap's alternative cost condition and simply cast it for its normal mana cost. This is true even if its alternative cost condition has been met.
10/1/2009	Casting a Trap by paying its alternative cost doesn't change its mana cost or mana value. The only difference is the cost you actually pay.
10/1/2009	Effects that increase or reduce the cost to cast a Trap will apply to whichever cost you chose to pay.