---
name: "Winding Constrictor"
mana_cost: "{B}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Snake"
colors: ["B", "G"]
color_identity: ["B", "G"]
keywords: []
set: "SLD"
set_name: "Secret Lair Drop"
collector_number: "309"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Crocodile Jackson"
oracle_id: "c9404d7d-a026-4082-9fcb-1ab571a136b5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/winding-constrictor-sld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Winding Constrictor
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Snake
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/3

## Oracle Text
If one or more counters would be put on an artifact or creature you control, that many plus one of each of those kinds of counters are put on that permanent instead.
If you would get one or more counters, you get that many plus one of each of those kinds of counters instead.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Hardened Scales](/printing/hardened-scales-cm2.md) — Enchantment
2. [Hagra Constrictor](/printing/hagra-constrictor-znr.md) — Creature — Snake
3. [Kami of Whispered Hopes](/printing/kami-of-whispered-hopes-soc.md) — Creature — Spirit
4. [A-Hagra Constrictor](/printing/a-hagra-constrictor-znr.md) — Creature — Snake
5. [Corpsejack Menace](/printing/corpsejack-menace-pip.md) — Creature — Fungus
6. [Mold Adder](/printing/mold-adder-fdn.md) — Creature — Fungus Snake

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #309
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Crocodile Jackson
- **Total Printings:** 22 across all historical editions

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