Ensnared by the Mara
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
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.
Rulings
4 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2023-10-13
When a player faces a villainous choice, they first choose one of the two options, then all actions in the chosen option are performed.
- 2023-10-13
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.
- 2023-10-13
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.
- 2023-10-13
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.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Ensnared by the Mara, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clara Oswald | 1 | 6 | 16.7% |
| The Twelfth Doctor | 1 | 6 | 16.7% |
| Davros, Dalek Creator | 1 | 0 | — |
| Thor, God of Thunder | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mono-Red 1 deck
- Grixis 1 deck
- Izzet 1 deck
Every version of Ensnared by the Mara
4 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly — a printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall genuinely publishes none for some of them.
Extended Art
- Normal
- $11.66
- Foil
- $11.09
- Foil
- $11.16
- Normal
- $8.16
- Foil
- $7.99
Extended Art
- Foil
- $18.04
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Ensnared by the Mara — a name search across every version, for the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only — no individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
