The Toymaker's Trap

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The Toymaker's Trap: Enchantment, Doctor Who. At the beginning of your upkeep, secretly choose a number between 1 and 5 that hasn't been chosen. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{B}
Mana value
3
Type
Enchantment
Colour identity
Black (B)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Doctor Who (WHO)
Released
2023-10-13
Collector number
72
Artist
Eric Wilkerson
Commander rank
13,446 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About The Toymaker's Trap

The Toymaker's Trap is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black enchantment from Doctor Who (WHO), a Commander product released in October 2023. It is collector number 72 in that set, with art by Eric Wilkerson. It costs {2}{B} (two generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Doctor Who is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.27 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

At the beginning of your upkeep, secretly choose a number between 1 and 5 that hasn't been chosen. If you do, an opponent guesses which number you chose, then you reveal the number you chose. If they guessed wrong, they lose life equal to the number they guessed and you draw a card. If they guessed right, sacrifice this enchantment.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.27 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of The Toymaker's Trap by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of The Toymaker's Trap

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Doctor Who (WHO) #375Rare2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #677Rare2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #966Rare2023

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to The Toymaker's Trap, newest first.

  • If The Toymaker's Trap leaves the battlefield and later returns to the battlefield, it has no memory of which numbers were chosen for its effect before. The same is true if you control a second copy of it.
  • To secretly choose a number, write a number from 1 to 5 down without showing it to anyone else.

Similar cards

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The Toymaker's Trap is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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