---
name: "Prayer of Binding"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Flash"]
set: "FDN"
set_name: "Foundations"
collector_number: "502"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Wylie Beckert"
oracle_id: "4505ff9f-97f1-45d1-aea9-5590fefb4a4d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/prayer-of-binding-fdn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Prayer of Binding
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Enchantment
- **Keywords:** Flash

## Oracle Text
Flash
When this enchantment enters, exile up to one target nonland permanent an opponent controls until this enchantment leaves the battlefield. You gain 2 life.

> *„Wir machen aus Bösewichten keine Märtyrer. Wir überlassen sie und ihre schändlichen Ideologien dem Vergessen."
—Lyra Morgenbringer*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Makeshift Binding](/printing/makeshift-binding-mkm.md) — Enchantment
2. [Leyline Binding](/printing/leyline-binding-dmu.md) — Enchantment
3. [Liminal Hold](/printing/liminal-hold-ecl.md) — Enchantment
4. [Banishing Light](/printing/banishing-light-scd.md) — Enchantment
5. [Mystical Tether](/printing/mystical-tether-otj.md) — Enchantment
6. [Hieromancer's Cage](/printing/hieromancers-cage-m19.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Foundations (FDN) #502
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Wylie Beckert
- **Total Printings:** 15 across all historical editions

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