---
name: "Paralyze"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "30A"
set_name: "30th Anniversary Edition"
collector_number: "116"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Anson Maddocks"
oracle_id: "e9b4e857-39e5-4a06-89ad-3dd94b3f252a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/paralyze-30a"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, tap enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player may pay {4}. If the player does, untap the creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Paralyzing Grasp](/printing/paralyzing-grasp-rtr.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Sleep Paralysis](/printing/sleep-paralysis-m20.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Charmed Sleep](/printing/charmed-sleep-hbg.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Starlight Snare](/printing/starlight-snare-fdn.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Mystic Restraints](/printing/mystic-restraints-chk.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Stasis Cell](/printing/stasis-cell-cns.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** 30th Anniversary Edition (30A) #116
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Anson Maddocks
- **Total Printings:** 39 across all historical editions

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