---
name: "Chilling Grasp"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Madness"]
set: "EMN"
set_name: "Eldritch Moon"
collector_number: "50"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Seb McKinnon"
oracle_id: "45c517d4-944c-43f6-8ead-a47965377575"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/chilling-grasp-emn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Chilling Grasp
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Madness

## Oracle Text
Tap up to two target creatures. Those creatures don't untap during their controller's next untap step.
Madness {3}{U} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Crippling Chill](/printing/crippling-chill-j22.md) — Instant
2. [Frost Breath](/printing/frost-breath-m12.md) — Instant
3. [Snow Day](/printing/snow-day-clu.md) — Instant
4. [Decision Paralysis](/printing/decision-paralysis-plst.md) — Instant
5. [Frostveil Ambush](/printing/frostveil-ambush-iko.md) — Instant
6. [Glacial Grasp](/printing/glacial-grasp-znr.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Eldritch Moon (EMN) #50
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Seb McKinnon
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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