Check for Traps
Sorcery
Mana cost: {1}{B}
How we read this card
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. Exile that card. If an instant card or a card with flash is exiled this way, they lose 1 life. Otherwise, you lose 1 life.
on-cast —
- makes exile an artifact
- makes exile a battle
- makes exile a creature
- makes exile an enchantment
- makes exile an instant
- makes exile a planeswalker
- makes exile a sorcery
on-cast — makes each opponent lose 1 life
- makes make a player lose life
on-cast —
- makes make a player lose life
Causes: exile an artifact, exile a battle, exile a creature, exile an enchantment, exile an instant, exile a planeswalker, exile a sorcery, make a player lose life.
Cares about: nothing.
Works well with
an artifact is exiled — 336 cards in the game can cause this (Check for Traps is one).
- Shard of the Void Dragon — When an artifact is exiled thanks to Check for Traps, Shard of the Void Dragon puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (Check for Traps is one).
When a creature is exiled thanks to Check for Traps:
- Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
- Soulherder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
6 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Check for Traps is one).
- The War Doctor — When a creature, artifact, enchantment, instant, sorcery, planeswalker or battle is exiled thanks to Check for Traps, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself
life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Check for Traps is one).
When Check for Traps makes a player lose life:
- Far Fortune, End Boss — raises your speed
- Zahur, Glory's Past — raises your speed
- Mendicant Core, Guidelight — raises your speed
- Aether Syphon — raises your speed
- Vnwxt, Verbose Host — raises your speed
- Embalmed Ascendant — raises your speed
- Slick Imitator — raises your speed
- Oath of Lim-Dûl — sacrifices an enchantment
- Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — triggers
- Lich's Mastery — triggers
46 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Check for Traps is one).
When Check for Traps is cast:
- Spellweaver Volute — copies a spell
- Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
- Niblis of Frost — gets +1/+1
- Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
- Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
- Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
- Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
- Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
- Kykar, Wind's Fury — makes a token
- Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature
424 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything is cast — 31,128 cards in the game can cause this (Check for Traps is one).
When Check for Traps is cast:
- Windrider Wizard — draws you 1 card
- Relic Amulet — puts a charge counter on itself
- Rockslide Sorcerer — deals 1 damage
- Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls — grants flying
- Alania, Divergent Storm — makes an opponent draw 1 card
- Umara Mystic — gets +2/+0
- Master of Winds — triggers
5 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.