---
name: "Stranglehold"
mana_cost: "{3}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "CMD"
set_name: "Commander 2011"
collector_number: "136"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "John Stanko"
oracle_id: "b66c6e3a-daed-43a3-95d6-4f9d6223bbf1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/stranglehold-cmd"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Stranglehold
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
Your opponents can't search libraries.
If an opponent would begin an extra turn, that player skips that turn instead.

> *The correct answer to a barbarian's riddle is to choke on your cleverness and die.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mindlock Orb](/printing/mindlock-orb-ala.md) — Artifact
2. [Leonin Arbiter](/printing/leonin-arbiter-2x2.md) — Creature — Cat Cleric
3. [Opposition Agent](/printing/opposition-agent-cmr.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
4. [Shadow of Doubt](/printing/shadow-of-doubt-sld.md) — Instant
5. [Stolen Strategy](/printing/stolen-strategy-pip.md) — Enchantment
6. [Praetor's Grasp](/printing/praetors-grasp-sld.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2011 (CMD) #136
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** John Stanko
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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