---
name: "Constricting Tendrils"
mana_cost: "{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Cycling"]
set: "CON"
set_name: "Conflux"
collector_number: "22"
rarity: "common"
artist: "David Palumbo"
oracle_id: "9e34ab18-5d39-49d9-9d3d-e1d4a3611b87"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/constricting-tendrils-con"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Constricting Tendrils
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Cycling

## Oracle Text
Target creature gets -3/-0 until end of turn.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

> *Priests of Bant protect their temples with traps more elaborate than any mosaic floor.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Hampering Snare](/printing/hampering-snare-iko.md) — Instant
2. [Bewilder](/printing/bewilder-ima.md) — Instant
3. [Tar Snare](/printing/tar-snare-ogw.md) — Instant
4. [Locust Spray](/printing/locust-spray-dft.md) — Instant
5. [Wring Flesh](/printing/wring-flesh-m12.md) — Instant
6. [Howler's Heavy](/printing/howlers-heavy-dft.md) — Creature — Seal Pirate

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Conflux (CON) #22
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** David Palumbo
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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