---
name: "Bind the Monster"
mana_cost: "{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "KHM"
set_name: "Kaldheim"
collector_number: "48"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Tran Nguyen"
oracle_id: "8d1a3935-8a8c-4754-b474-189611188bc5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/bind-the-monster-khm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Bind the Monster
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, tap enchanted creature. It deals damage to you equal to its power.
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.

> *Sarulf's snarl of rage shook the World Tree.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Blossombind](/printing/blossombind-ecl.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Castaway's Despair](/printing/castaways-despair-xln.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Sleep Magic](/printing/sleep-magic-fin.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Mystic Restraints](/printing/mystic-restraints-chk.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Binding Agony](/printing/binding-agony-mir.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Runner's Bane](/printing/runners-bane-dgm.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Kaldheim (KHM) #48
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Tran Nguyen
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`