---
name: "Nightbird's Clutches"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Flashback"]
set: "ISD"
set_name: "Innistrad"
collector_number: "154"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Jason A. Engle"
oracle_id: "d12b875c-0056-4a57-a7ff-09c73d00f8cc"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/nightbirds-clutches-isd"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Nightbird's Clutches
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Flashback

## Oracle Text
Up to two target creatures can't block this turn.
Flashback {3}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

> *L'argento lucidato e splendente può tenere lontano molte creature, ma ne attira delle altre.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Abandon the Post](/printing/abandon-the-post-dbl.md) — Sorcery
2. [Flash of Defiance](/printing/flash-of-defiance-tor.md) — Sorcery
3. [Artful Dodge](/printing/artful-dodge-dka.md) — Sorcery
4. [Panic Attack](/printing/panic-attack-8ed.md) — Sorcery
5. [Unearthly Blizzard](/printing/unearthly-blizzard-chk.md) — Sorcery — Arcane
6. [Wave of Indifference](/printing/wave-of-indifference-ons.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad (ISD) #154
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Jason A. Engle
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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