Perilous Snare
Mana Cost:
Type: Artifact
Oracle Text:
Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.)
When this artifact enters, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until this artifact leaves the battlefield.
Max speed — {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature or Vehicle you control. Activate only as a sorcery.
Power/Toughness: -/-
Rarity: rare
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: Aetherdrift
Price ( USD): $0.29
USD: $0.29 · EUR: €0.24
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Character Background
Perilous Snare is the battlefield’s physics lesson: “Start your engines!” because its Max speed scaling turns the artifact into a slow-burning engine for tempo and board stabilization. When it enters, you exile a nonland permanent your opponent relies on—removing threats like attackers, blockers, or key combo pieces—then you keep your position by feeding counters over time as speed rises when your opponent takes damage. In practical terms, prioritize pairing it with decks that naturally force life loss—fast red/blue burn, sacrifice-to-damage shells, or combat-focused aggro-control—so you reach speed 3–4 quickly and start growing your Vehicles/creatures into inevitability. As the Snare counts up, its activated ability is most efficient when you can untap into a strong follow-up each turn, so choose targets that can leverage the extra +1/+1 counters immediately (Vehicles, midrange value creatures). This artifact primarily supports tempo and control-by-removal, then transitions into value through scaling bodies that keep the exiled threat from being replaced.
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