---
name: "Smothering Tithe"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Treasure"]
set: "RNA"
set_name: "Ravnica Allegiance"
collector_number: "22"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Mark Behm"
oracle_id: "153376c9-dffd-458c-8ce3-a4c8269bc4e9"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/smothering-tithe-rna"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Smothering Tithe
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Enchantment
- **Keywords:** Treasure

## Oracle Text
Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player may pay {2}. If the player doesn't, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

> *„Ich erwarte deine Spende."
—Dasha, Orzhov-Priesterin*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Gleaming Splendor](/printing/gleaming-splendor-hob.md) — Enchantment
2. [Smuggler's Share](/printing/smugglers-share-ncc.md) — Enchantment
3. [Tax Taker](/printing/tax-taker-mb2.md) — Creature — Rat Advisor
4. [Monologue Tax](/printing/monologue-tax-dsc.md) — Enchantment
5. [Hullbreacher](/printing/hullbreacher-cmr.md) — Creature — Merfolk Pirate
6. [Seize the Spoils](/printing/seize-the-spoils-plst.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ravnica Allegiance (RNA) #22
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Mark Behm
- **Total Printings:** 62 across all historical editions

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