---
name: "Spirit Shackle"
mana_cost: "{B}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "ME3"
set_name: "Masters Edition III"
collector_number: "74"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Edward P. Beard, Jr."
oracle_id: "ddb770c1-a783-49c9-a36d-2434b8580743"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/spirit-shackle-me3"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Spirit Shackle
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature becomes tapped, put a -0/-2 counter on it.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Blossombind](/printing/blossombind-ecl.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Shackles](/printing/shackles-tpr.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Takklemaggot](/printing/takklemaggot-me3.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Torture](/printing/torture-shm.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Bewitching Leechcraft](/printing/bewitching-leechcraft-ltr.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Biting Tether](/printing/biting-tether-shm.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Masters Edition III (ME3) #74
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Edward P. Beard, Jr.

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2009-10-01)* Spirit Shackle's ability triggers only when the enchanted creature changes from untapped to tapped. If Spirit Shackle enters attached to an already tapped creature, it won't do anything (until that creature untaps and becomes tapped again, that is).