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Choking Tethers

{3}{U}

Instant

ONSOnslaught#74common
Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Frame
1997
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 827
Illustrator
Carl Critchlow
Found in
Onslaught MTGO Redemption · Onslaught MTGO Redemption Foil · 3 more
Printings7EDHREC rank#16,699
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
Tap up to four target creatures. Cycling {1}{U} ({1}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.) When you cycle this card, you may tap target creature.
Cycling
Market · per finishspark updated 26m ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil-9.1%
$0.10
$0.02 low$0.01 gapTCGplayer
Foil+12.1%
$1.02
$0.20 low$0.00 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.10· across 7 printings· you're viewing it

Rulings

3 · latest Dec 8, 2022
  • WotCDec 8, 2022

    The cycling ability and the triggered ability are separate. If the triggered ability doesn't resolve (because, for example, it has been countered, or all of its targets have become illegal), the cycling ability will still resolve, and you'll draw a card.

  • WotCDec 8, 2022

    When you cycle this card, first the cycling ability goes on the stack, then the triggered ability goes on the stack on top of it. The triggered ability will resolve before you draw a card from the cycling ability.

  • WotCDec 8, 2022

    You can cycle this card even if there are no legal targets for the triggered ability.