---
name: "Mana Chains"
mana_cost: "{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "WTH"
set_name: "Weatherlight"
collector_number: "41"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Bryan Talbot"
oracle_id: "340d27c6-2e8e-472a-85f5-9b36d9cc3e42"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mana-chains-wth"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "Cumulative upkeep {1}." (At the beginning of its controller's upkeep, that player puts an age counter on it, then sacrifices it unless they pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Krovikan Whispers](/printing/krovikan-whispers-csp.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Mind Harness](/printing/mind-harness-mir.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Curse of Chains](/printing/curse-of-chains-clu.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Maddening Wind](/printing/maddening-wind-ice.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Brand of Ill Omen](/printing/brand-of-ill-omen-ice.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Decomposition](/printing/decomposition-mir.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Weatherlight (WTH) #41
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Bryan Talbot
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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