Perilous Snare is a Rare artifact card from the 2025 Aetherdrift set, featuring unique speed-based mechanics and exile effects in the Magic: The Gathering trading card game.
Perilous Snare
2025 • Magic: The Gathering • Aetherdrift
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As a one-white mana artifact, this card allows players to build momentum by tracking speed, which increases whenever an opponent loses life. This creates a strategic layer where controlling the board state directly fuels the card's potential. The card offers two distinct utility paths for collectors and players alike. Upon entering the battlefield, Perilous Snare can exile a target nonland permanent, providing immediate board control. Alternatively, once its speed reaches maximum, players can tap the artifact to place +1/+1 counters on creatures or Vehicles they control, enhancing their army's durability. Designed by Chris Seaman, this Rare card serves as a compelling piece for those building competitive decks or adding strategic artifacts to their collection. The Aetherdrift set brings a fresh mechanical identity to the game, and Perilous Snare exemplifies the set's focus on interactive, engine-based gameplay. Collectors value this card for its clever design and its role in the evolving meta of the Magic: The Gathering trading card game.
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Perilous Snare
Game
Magic: The Gathering
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Rare
Chris Seaman
Card Stock
English
{2}{W}
Artifact
W
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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.