Stranglehold

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Stranglehold: Enchantment, Commander Anthology. Your opponents can't search libraries. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{R}
Mana value
4
Type
Enchantment
Colour identity
Red (R)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander Anthology (CMA)
Released
2017-06-09
Collector number
87
Artist
John Stanko
Commander rank
6,546 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Stranglehold

Stranglehold is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red enchantment from Commander Anthology (CMA), a Commander product released in June 2017. It is collector number 87 in that set, with art by John Stanko. It costs {3}{R} (three generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Commander 2011 (2011) to Commander Anthology (2017). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $6.36 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Your opponents can't search libraries.

If an opponent would begin an extra turn, that player skips that turn instead.

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

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $6.36 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Stranglehold by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Stranglehold

Stranglehold has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1804Rare2024
Judge Gift Cards 2022 (P22) #4Rare2022
Commander 2011 (CMD) #136Rare2011

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Stranglehold, newest first.

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

Similar cards

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Stranglehold is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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