Inferno Trap (Zendikar) - Gatherer - Magic: The Gathering

Inferno Trap

Community Rating:

Community Rating: 2.211 / 5 (38 votes)

Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Inferno Trap

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Instant — Trap

Card Text:

If you've been dealt damage by two or more creatures this turn, you may pay Red

rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Inferno Trap deals 4 damage to target creature.

Flavor Text:

"Do you smell something burning?"

Expansion:

Zendikar

Rarity:

Uncommon

All Sets:

Card Number:

133

Artist:

Philip Straub

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.
10/1/2009	Inferno Trap's alternative cost condition checks for any damage, not just combat damage.
10/1/2009	The alternative cost condition doesn't check who controlled the creatures that dealt damage to you. Damage dealt to you by your own creatures counts.
10/1/2009	The alternative cost condition is satisfied only if two different creatures dealt damage to you, not if one creature dealt damage to you twice. The damage may have been dealt to you simultaneously (as with combat damage), or at separate times.
10/1/2009	You may target any creature, not just one that dealt damage to you this turn.