---
name: "Biting Tether"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "SHM"
set_name: "Shadowmoor"
collector_number: "29"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Thomas Denmark"
oracle_id: "1ea20ecb-1919-4be7-b0bb-d79d2dec98fd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/biting-tether-shm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Biting Tether
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
You control enchanted creature.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a -1/-1 counter on enchanted creature.

> *Une chaîne de mensonges aussi résistante que l'acier.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Torture](/printing/torture-5ed.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Binding Grasp](/printing/binding-grasp-me2.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Takklemaggot](/printing/takklemaggot-me3.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Curse of Chains](/printing/curse-of-chains-clu.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Bewitching Leechcraft](/printing/bewitching-leechcraft-ltr.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Parasitic Bond](/printing/parasitic-bond-usg.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shadowmoor (SHM) #29
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Thomas Denmark
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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