---
name: "Waterknot"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "ANB"
set_name: "Arena Beginner Set"
collector_number: "40"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Wayne Reynolds"
oracle_id: "002100cd-1ab1-44da-93a0-1269d47a712a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/waterknot-anb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Waterknot
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, tap enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Watery Grasp](/printing/watery-grasp-tla.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Starlight Snare](/printing/starlight-snare-fdn.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Castaway's Despair](/printing/castaways-despair-xln.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Tangle Kelp](/printing/tangle-kelp-drk.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Mystic Restraints](/printing/mystic-restraints-chk.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Dehydration](/printing/dehydration-9ed.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Arena Beginner Set (ANB) #40
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Wayne Reynolds
- **Total Printings:** 25 across all historical editions

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