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Stranglehold

First printed in Commander 2011 (2011)

All 4 prints

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  • Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1804, 2024
  • Judge Gift Cards 2022 (P22) #4, 2022
  • Commander Anthology (CMA) #87, 2017
  • Commander 2011 (CMD) #136, 2011

Stranglehold

Enchantment

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

MTGO price: 2.63 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).

In the last 30 days 0.1% of Commander decks played it (9 of 6150). Most played in Winota, Joiner of Forces.

Combos

5 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.

Legality

Constructed

  • Standard Not legal
  • Pioneer Not legal
  • Modern Not legal
  • Legacy Legal
  • Vintage Legal
  • Pauper Not legal
  • Future Standard Not legal
  • Historic Not legal
  • Timeless Not legal
  • Alchemy Not legal
  • Penny Dreadful Not legal
  • Premodern Not legal
  • Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

  • Gladiator Not legal

Commander formats

  • Commander Legal
  • Duel Commander Legal
  • Pauper Commander Not legal
  • PreDH Not legal
  • Tiny Leaders Not legal
  • Oathbreaker Legal
  • Brawl Not legal
  • Standard Brawl Not legal
  • Competitive Brawl Not legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta
share of the archetype in the format
Play it
decks of the archetype that play this card
Together
decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift
how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Commander Other periods →

In 9 of 6150 decks (0.1%).

Share of decks
0.1%
▼ 0.2 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-20: 0.2% 2026-08-27: 0.3% 2026-09-03: 0.3% 2026-09-10: 0.3% 2026-09-17: 0.3% 2026-09-24: 0.4% 2026-10-01: 0.1% 2026-10-08: 0.0% 2026-10-15: 0.1% 2026-10-22: 0.4%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
9
9 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
25%
1 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Winota, Joiner of Forces 1.0% 3%
Maelstrom Wanderer 0.1% 60%
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools 0.1% 20%
Ruric Thar, the Unbowed 0.0% 50%
Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls 0.0% 50%
Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might 0.0% 100%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Chrome Mox100%1.1
Sol Ring100%1.0
Mana Vault89%1.0
Command Tower89%1.0
Ancient Tomb89%1.0
Gemstone Caverns89%1.0
Jeska's Will78%2.5
Hexing Squelcher78%2.2
Arid Mesa78%1.6
Arcane Signet78%1.2

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Winota, Joiner of Forces
Richard Larson in ECDC cEDH		 2-3
40%
Maelstrom Wanderer
BUDGETMANDER (Taher) in DERPYPALOOZA II		 2-3
40%
Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
Zachary Boles in Steel City Green Chile Slopper Tournament Series I		 1-4
20%
Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
Matt Carroll in The Haunted Badlands		 0-5
0%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might
Derek Hannemann, 		1 main #34
1-3
Winota, Joiner of Forces
Richard Larson, 		1 main #9
2-3
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
Syang, 		1 main #61
0-4
Maelstrom Wanderer
BUDGETMANDER (Taher), 		1 main #7
2-3
Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
Matt Carroll, 		1 main #49
0-5
Winota, Joiner of Forces
kevin schonfeld, 		1 main #127
0-4
Maelstrom Wanderer
BUDGETMANDER (Taher), 		1 main #31
1-3
Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
Zachary Boles, 		1 main #39
1-4

No recent decks in: Legacy, Vintage, Duel Commander.