---
name: "Shackle Slinger"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Human Soldier"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "OTJ"
set_name: "Outlaws of Thunder Junction"
collector_number: "65"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Josh Hass"
oracle_id: "59e8747a-3e3f-48d2-aaee-af94ecee378b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/shackle-slinger-otj"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Shackle Slinger
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Soldier
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2

## Oracle Text
Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, choose target creature an opponent controls. If it's tapped, put a stun counter on it. Otherwise, tap it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

> *Anche quando mancava i polsi, un paio di tuonomanette in testa erano più che efficaci.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Succumb to the Cold](/printing/succumb-to-the-cold-woe.md) — Instant
2. [Rowdy Snowballers](/printing/rowdy-snowballers-tla.md) — Creature — Human Peasant Ally
3. [Sharae of Numbing Depths](/printing/sharae-of-numbing-depths-woe.md) — Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
4. [Tranquilize](/printing/tranquilize-acr.md) — Sorcery
5. [Protocol Knight](/printing/protocol-knight-mom.md) — Creature — Human Knight
6. [Constrictor Sage](/printing/constrictor-sage-tdm.md) — Creature — Snake Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ) #65
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Josh Hass
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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