Baloth Cage Trap
Instant — Trap
ZENZendikar#156uncommon
Foil
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2003
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 1067
- Illustrator
- Austin Hsu
- Found in
- Zendikar MTGO Redemption Foil · Zendikar MTGO Redemption · 2 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
If an opponent had an artifact enter the battlefield under their control this turn, you may pay 
rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Create a 4/4 green Beast creature token.
rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Create a 4/4 green Beast creature token.Plays as: Cost Alternative · Creature Token Maker
Market · per finishspark updated 6h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.09
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.45
$0.22 low$0.14 gap
Finish
Market
Δ 7D · Trend
Low
Buylist
Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$0.09as of 2026-07-12
+0.0%
H $0.11L $0.03since Feb 2024$0.01
$0.01
$0.000% · normal spread
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Foil
$0.45as of 2026-07-12
+0.0%
H $0.70L $0.15since Feb 2024$0.22
$0.08
$0.14+64% · normal spread
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Cheapest playable copy$0.09· across 2 printings
Rulings
3 · latest Oct 1, 2009 · one tap opens all
- WotCOct 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.
- WotCOct 1, 2009
Effects that increase or reduce the cost to cast a Trap will apply to whichever cost you chose to pay.
- WotCOct 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.