---
name: "Controlled Instincts"
mana_cost: "{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "CON"
set_name: "Conflux"
collector_number: "23"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Ralph Horsley"
oracle_id: "7d56d2e2-e83b-4505-af8e-1fd207e161af"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/controlled-instincts-con"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Enchant red or green creature
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.

> *Togk Vielzahn musste hilflos mit ansehen, wie die Kathari über ihm kreisten. Für einen Krieger ist Bewegungslosigkeit weitaus schlimmer als Tod.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Web](/printing/web-3ed.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Unholy Strength](/printing/unholy-strength-7ed.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Wings of Aesthir](/printing/wings-of-aesthir-me2.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Psychic Venom](/printing/psychic-venom-5ed.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Phyresis](/printing/phyresis-mbs.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Blighted Burgeoning](/printing/blighted-burgeoning-mom.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Conflux (CON) #23
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Ralph Horsley
- **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`