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Perilous Snare DFT 0023 · rare

Perilous Snare · {2}{W} · Artifact · 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.

Perilous Snare · {2}{W} · Artifact · 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.

Price
from $0.345 printings
Win rate
61.9% GIH 19,551 instances · Premier Draft
Feb 11–Mar 18, 2025 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 12,108 wins in 19,551 card-in-hand instances.

19,116 distinct games · 6,802 distinct drafts · games recorded Feb 11–Mar 18, 2025.

17Lands file dated Mar 23, 2025 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Play

Exile the nonland permanent that most constrains your game, then keep this artifact safe because its departure returns that threat. At max speed its sorcery-speed tap ability adds a counter each turn without further mana, giving a stabilized board a way to grow.

More

One-pick Draft
Exile the nonland permanent that most constrains your game, then keep this artifact safe because its departure returns that threat. At max speed its sorcery-speed tap ability adds a counter each turn without further mana, giving a stabilized board a way to grow.
Sealed vs Draft
Exile the nonland permanent that most constrains your game, then keep this artifact safe because its departure returns that threat. At max speed its sorcery-speed tap ability adds a counter each turn without further mana, giving a stabilized board a way to grow.
Bombs
Exile the nonland permanent that most constrains your game, then keep this artifact safe because its departure returns that threat. At max speed its sorcery-speed tap ability adds a counter each turn without further mana, giving a stabilized board a way to grow.

Draft data

61.9%when drawn (GIH)

+7.0 pp vs 54.9% average · 19,551 instances

Premier Draft · Feb 11–Mar 18, 2025 · average from 857,667 games

#9 of 255 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 1.6 on average (12,857 packs).

1 of 38 white cards · 1 of 7 white rare cards.

Taken at pick1.68,198 picks
Makes the deck85.7%8,198 picks with known usage
When played57.3%38,256.8 matchesBenched 56.7%
4,108.2 matches
When drawn61.9%19,551 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Feb 11–Mar 18, 2025. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 60.0% · 7,829 instances
● Drawn later 63.2% · 11,722 instances

In hand 61.9% · 19,551 instances
Unseen in deck 53.1% · 25,111 instances
+8.9 percentage points when drawn

Compared with white cards

Win rate when drawn61.9%19,551 instances1 of 38
Opening hand60.0%7,829 instances3 of 38
Drawn later63.2%11,722 instances1 of 38
In the deck57.2%45,934 instances1 of 38
Without seeing it53.1%25,111 instances21 of 38
Improvement when drawn+8.9 pp19,551 instances / 25,111 instances1 of 38
When benched56.7%4,108.2 matches1 of 38
Makes the deck85.7%8,198 picks with known usage1 of 38
Pick (last seen)1.612,857 packs1 of 38
Taken at1.68,198 picks1 of 38

Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.

Best decks for it

no-splash decks only · card-level in-hand rates · 100 minimum

Max Speed Attrition WB67.2%1,886 instancesArtifact Value WU62.8%2,293 instancesVehicles and Mounts Midrange GW62.6%2,128 instancesVehicles and Mounts Aggro RW60.5%1,456 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (61.9% · 19,551 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Gloryheath Lynx+5.0 pp9,568 games with both in the deck · 1,934 both drawnLeonin Surveyor+3.6 pp12,665 games with both in the deck · 2,619 both drawn
How to read this

Observational, not a causal bonus. Both cards must be in the deck. Drawn means opening hand or normally drawn; each card counts once per game. Game-level approximate intervals do not account for repeated games by the same drafter.

At least 100 games in each of four drawn/not-drawn groups; adjusted for game length and screened by the lower confidence bound. Do not add these points to a card’s win rate.

Where it sits in the set

Above 97% of 255 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Feb 11–Mar 18, 2025

Collect

5 printingsScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

DFT 0023 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · MTGO Redemption$0.34
FoilPlay Booster$0.38

How to get it

A fixed card in MTGO Redemption. It is not a booster pull, so no chance is claimed.

Wizards · Collecting Aetherdrift ↗ · Oct 29, 2026

Details & sources

Legal in
Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Chris Seaman, DFT 23 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Regular printing printings →
Sources
Wizards · Aetherdrift release notes · Oct 19, 2026
Wizards · Collecting Aetherdrift · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗