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Snake Trap is an epic hunter spell card, from the Legacy set.
Other versions
How to get
| Type | Source | Quality | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Card packs | Open one of these card packs:    | Regular Golden | 1~2 (random) |
| Crafting | Craft a Regular copy for 400  | Regular | 1 |
| Crafting | Craft a Golden copy for 1600 | Golden | 1 |
Related cards
Notes
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- Each player can only have 7 minions on their side of the battlefield at any time. If this Secret tries to summon Snakes beyond this limit, any excess Snakes will be lost. It will not trigger if the board is full.[1]
- Snake Trap triggers on the same step in the attack sequence as
Freezing Trap, Misdirection, Explosive Trap, Forgetful effects, and several other Secrets. Therefore, all such effects occur in order of play.
- For instance, if Snake Trap is played before Freezing Trap, its Snakes will be created first and may activate a Knife Juggler which kills the attacker, preventing Freezing Trap from activating after all.[2]
- For instance, if Snake Trap is played before Freezing Trap, its Snakes will be created first and may activate a
- Unlike Misdirection and Freezing Trap, Snake Trap will activate normally even if the attacker is neutralized by another effect before Snake Trap activates.
- For instance, if Snake Trap is played after Freezing Trap, an attacker might be returned to the hand but still cause the snakes to be summoned. If those snakes trigger a Knife Juggler, the knives cannot hit the returned attacker.
Lore
Snake Trap is a glyphed hunter ability which places a trap at the target location. When triggered, it releases several venomous snakes which will move toward and attack nearby targets, applying a Crippling Poison that reduces movement speed. The snakes last for up to 15 seconds before expiring.
Trivia
Gallery
Snake Trap, full art
Patch changes
- Patch 20.0.0.77662 (2021-03-25):
- Patch 1.0.0.3140 (Alpha, April or May 2013):
- Added.
External links
References[]
- ↑ Hearthstone Laboratory (2015-12-19). [Hearthstone Laboratory] Snake Trap vs Noble Sacrifice.
- ↑ PattuX (2015-12-2). [Hearthstone] Snake trap is now high priority trigger.