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Hold for Ransom
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Streets of New CapennaSNC · #16
- Card type
- Enchantment — Aura
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.02 € · ★ 0.12 € · 0.18 $ · ★ 0.31 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- White
Card text
Enchant creature Enchanted creature can't attack or block and has ": Hold for Ransom's controller sacrifices it and draws a card. Activate only as a sorcery."
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Néstor Ossandón Leal
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2022-04-29
Flavour text
"Let's find out how much your friends think you're worth." —Gino, hired kidnapper
Rulings
The ability Hold for Ransom grants to the enchanted creature can be activated only by that creature's controller, who is usually not the same player who controls Hold for Ransom.