---
name: "Throttle"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "SOI"
set_name: "Shadows over Innistrad"
collector_number: "138"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Raymond Swanland"
oracle_id: "01823ab7-b9f6-48bc-b45c-9b0fabc6f657"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/throttle-soi"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Throttle
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn.

> *„Das Opfer wurde am Morgen entdeckt, mit aufgerissenem Mund und hervorgetretenen Augäpfeln. Keine Anzeichen für Blutverlust oder Verstümmelungen. Würgemale am Hals." —Vallon, Inspektorin aus Thraben*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Dark Deed](/printing/dark-deed-msh.md) — Instant
2. [Lash of the Whip](/printing/lash-of-the-whip-ths.md) — Instant
3. [Flatten](/printing/flatten-dtk.md) — Instant
4. [Grasp of Darkness](/printing/grasp-of-darkness-m21.md) — Instant
5. [Fatal Fumes](/printing/fatal-fumes-dgm.md) — Instant
6. [Stab](/printing/stab-fdn.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shadows over Innistrad (SOI) #138
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Raymond Swanland
- **Total Printings:** 22 across all historical editions

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