---
name: "Ixalan's Binding"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "XLN-17"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Chase Stone"
oracle_id: "5a2d0df9-950e-4c3d-8a08-275f179e33c7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ixalans-binding-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Ixalan's Binding
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
When this enchantment enters, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until this enchantment leaves the battlefield.
Your opponents can't cast spells with the same name as the exiled card.

> *Jace awoke to the certainty that he was lost.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Exclusion Ritual](/printing/exclusion-ritual-nph.md) — Enchantment
2. [Stormplain Detainment](/printing/stormplain-detainment-tdm.md) — Enchantment
3. [Ashiok's Erasure](/printing/ashioks-erasure-pthb.md) — Enchantment
4. [Banishing Light](/printing/banishing-light-scd.md) — Enchantment
5. [Hieromancer's Cage](/printing/hieromancers-cage-m19.md) — Enchantment
6. [Banishment](/printing/banishment-clb.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #XLN-17
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Chase Stone
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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