Choking Tethers
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Modern HorizonsMH1 · #44
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.15 € · ★ 0.26 € · 0.17 $ · ★ 0.33 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
Tap up to four target creatures. Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.) When you cycle this card, you may tap target creature.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- 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
- Deruchenko Alexander
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2019-06-14
Flavour text
A wizard can be outnumbered but never outsmarted.
Rulings
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.
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.
You can cycle this card even if there are no legal targets for the triggered ability.
