Winding Constrictor

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Winding Constrictor: Creature - Snake, Aether Revolt. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{B}{G}
Mana value
2
Type
Creature - Snake
Colour identity
Black and green (BG)
Power / toughness
2/3
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Aether Revolt (AER)
Released
2017-01-20
Collector number
140
Artist
Izzy
Commander rank
2,059 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Winding Constrictor

Winding Constrictor is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black and green creature from Aether Revolt (AER), an expansion set released in January 2017. It is collector number 140 in that set, with art by Izzy. It costs {B}{G} (one black and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 2/3 creature. Its colour identity is black and green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Aether Revolt (2017) to Fallout (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.40 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

If one or more counters would be put on an artifact or creature you control, that many plus one of each of those kinds of counters are put on that permanent instead.

If you would get one or more counters, you get that many plus one of each of those kinds of counters instead.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.40 (as of 2026-11-12).

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

Format legality

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

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Winding Constrictor

Winding Constrictor has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Fallout (PIP) #223Uncommon2024
Fallout (PIP) #751Uncommon2024
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #309Rare2021
Kaladesh Remastered (KLR) #216Uncommon2020
The List (PLST) #AER-140Uncommon2019

Official rulings

Six official rulings apply to Winding Constrictor, newest first.

  • If a nonartifact, noncreature permanent (such as a planeswalker) would enter the battlefield with counters on it and become an artifact or a creature on the battlefield due to another card's effect (such as that of Mycosynth Lattice), Winding Constrictor's effect will give that permanent another of those counters.
  • If you would get counters of multiple kinds at the same time, Winding Constrictor increases the number of each of those kinds of counters by one. The same is true if counters of multiple kinds would be placed on an artifact or creature you control.
  • If an artifact or creature you control would enter the battlefield with a number of any kind of counters on it, it enters with that many plus one instead.
  • If an effect includes multiple instructions to put one or more counters on an artifact or creature, such as Lifecrafter's Gift does, Winding Constrictor's effect applies to each of those instructions.
  • Winding Constrictor's effect can't apply to itself as it's entering the battlefield or to any other permanent entering the battlefield at the same time as it.
  • If you control two Winding Constrictors, the number of counters placed on the artifact or creature is the original number plus two. Three Winding Constrictors adds three to the original number, and so on.

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