---
name: "Choking Restraints"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "EMN"
set_name: "Eldritch Moon"
collector_number: "16"
rarity: "common"
artist: "John Stanko"
oracle_id: "42bc33dd-3bba-462d-b272-2e8bd58c649e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/choking-restraints-emn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Choking Restraints
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block.
{3}{W}{W}, Sacrifice this Aura: Exile enchanted creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cooped Up](/printing/cooped-up-woe.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Spiral into Solitude](/printing/spiral-into-solitude-ecl.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Compulsory Rest](/printing/compulsory-rest-akh.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Serra Bestiary](/printing/serra-bestiary-hml.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Dreadful Apathy](/printing/dreadful-apathy-j25.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Arrest](/printing/arrest-plst.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Eldritch Moon (EMN) #16
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** John Stanko
- **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`