---
name: "Hold for Ransom"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "SNC"
set_name: "Streets of New Capenna"
collector_number: "16"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Néstor Ossandón Leal"
oracle_id: "0c9336c0-c0ec-4fb4-af7c-a7766265e927"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/hold-for-ransom-snc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Hold for Ransom
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block and has "{7}: Hold for Ransom's controller sacrifices it and draws a card. Activate only as a sorcery."

> *「お友達にとってあなたの価値はどれほどか、この場ではっきりさせようじゃないか。」
――雇われた誘拐犯、ジノ*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Soul Ransom](/printing/soul-ransom-mm3.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Path to Redemption](/printing/path-to-redemption-tle.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Choking Restraints](/printing/choking-restraints-emn.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Compulsory Rest](/printing/compulsory-rest-akh.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Sigarda's Imprisonment](/printing/sigardas-imprisonment-vow.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Volrath's Curse](/printing/volraths-curse-tmp.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Streets of New Capenna (SNC) #16
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Néstor Ossandón Leal
- **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: `legal`