---
name: "Tightening Coils"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "J21"
set_name: "Jumpstart: Historic Horizons"
collector_number: "263"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Tyler Jacobson"
oracle_id: "71af7e54-e22d-4354-a35c-80e4e5f4031c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/tightening-coils-j21"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Tightening Coils
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets -6/-0 and loses flying.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Grounded](/printing/grounded-avr.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Short Circuit](/printing/short-circuit-neo.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Coils of the Medusa](/printing/coils-of-the-medusa-wth.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Pemmin's Aura](/printing/pemmins-aura-plst.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Pin to the Earth](/printing/pin-to-the-earth-jou.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Earthbind](/printing/earthbind-ced.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Jumpstart: Historic Horizons (J21) #263
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Tyler Jacobson
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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