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Stranglehold

{3}{R}

Enchantment

CMACommander Anthology#87rare

The correct answer to a barbarian's riddle is to choke on your cleverness and die.

Finishes
Nonfoil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster
Illustrator
John Stanko
Found in
Commander Anthology Commander Deck Heavenly Inferno
Printings4Combos5EDHREC rank#6,578
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
Your opponents can't search libraries. If an opponent would begin an extra turn, that player skips that turn instead.
Plays as:
Search Hate
Market · per finishspark updated 30m ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil0.0%
$7.50
$6.09 low$4.09 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$7.50· across 4 printings· you're viewing it

Rulings

5 · latest Sep 22, 2011
  • WotCSep 22, 2011

    An “extra turn” means a turn created by a spell or ability. It doesn’t refer to a turn taken in a sanctioned tournament after the time limit for the round has expired.

  • WotCSep 22, 2011

    Effects that instruct your opponents to reveal or look at cards from the top of their libraries will still work. Only effects that use the word “search” are affected.

  • WotCSep 22, 2011

    If an effect says “Search your library . . . then shuffle your library,” your opponents shuffle their libraries even though they can’t search.

  • WotCSep 22, 2011

    If an effect says “You may search your library . . . If you do, shuffle your library” or “You may search your library . . . then shuffle your library,” your opponents can’t choose to search, so they won’t shuffle.

  • WotCSep 22, 2011

    If an opponent’s extra turn is created while Stranglehold is on the battlefield, but Stranglehold leaves the battlefield before that turn would begin, that opponent takes the extra turn as normal.