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Ensnared by the Mara

{2}{R}{R}

Sorcery

WHODoctor Who#689rare
Surge Foil
Border
black
Security stamp
triangle
Frame
2015
Pull rate
~1 in 346
Illustrator
Andrey Kuzinskiy
Found in
Doctor Who Collector Booster Pack
Printings4
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Each opponent faces a villainous choice — They exile cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card, then you may cast that card without paying its mana cost, or that player exiles the top four cards of their library and Ensnared by the Mara deals damage equal to the total mana value of those exiled cards to that player.

Plays as: Cast From Exile · Mill Finisher

Market · per finishspark updated 11h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
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$11.51
$10.98 low$1.98 gap
Cheapest playable copy$7.70· across 4 printings

Rulings

4 · latest Oct 13, 2023 · one tap opens all
  • WotCOct 13, 2023

    A player facing a villainous choice can always choose either option, even if one or both of the options are impossible. For example, if one of the options is to sacrifice a creature, a player who controls no creatures can still choose that option.

  • WotCOct 13, 2023

    If a spell or ability requires multiple players to face a villainous choice, the result is a little different from other effects in Magic. In that case, the first player in turn order makes their choice and the action for that choice is performed before the next player makes their choice. Then each of the remaining players repeat this process in turn order.

  • WotCOct 13, 2023

    The opponent chooses whether to exile cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card or to exile the top four cards of their library. They don't choose whether you cast the cards exiled by the first option.

  • WotCOct 13, 2023

    When a player faces a villainous choice, they first choose one of the two options, then all actions in the chosen option are performed.