First printed in Tempest (1997)

All 5 prints

Amonkhet Invocations (MP2) #50, 2017
Eighth Edition (8ED) #237, 2003
Eighth Edition (8ED) #237★, 2003
World Championship Decks 1999 (WC99) #ml219sb, 1999
Tempest (TMP) #219, 1997

Choke

Enchantment

Islands don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.

In the last 30 days 0.3% of Modern decks played it (7 of 2268). Most played in Golgari Broodscale. In the last 30 days 6.8% of Legacy decks played it (73 of 1071). Most played in Lands.

Staple

Legacy staples: sideboard, 6% of decks (#40)
Green, Enchantments
Premodern staples: sideboard, 5% of decks (#47)
Green, Enchantments

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Combos

7 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern 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 Legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Not legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Legal
Tiny Leaders 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

Modern Other periods →

In 7 of 2268 decks (0.3%).

Share of decks

0.3%

▲ 0.3 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

0 main, 7 sideboard

Avg. copies

–

in the main deck

Win rate

61%

3 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Golgari Broodscale	12.7%	1%
Mono-Black (unclassified)	2.5%	2%
Mono-Green (unclassified)	0.9%	15%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Mono-Green Zoza in Modern Challenge 32	6-2 75%
Mono-Green Zoza in Modern Challenge 32	5-3 63%
Golgari Broodscale masongrode in Modern Challenge 32	4-3 57%
Golgari Broodscale masongrode in Modern Challenge 32	3-3 50%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Mono-Green Zoza, 28 Oct	1 side	#4 6-2
Mono-Green Zoza, 24 Oct	1 side	#4 5-3
Mono-Green Zoza, 24 Oct	1 side	5-0
Golgari Broodscale masongrode, 16 Oct	1 side	#28 3-3
Golgari Broodscale masongrode, 14 Oct	1 side	#6 4-3
Golgari Broodscale Motohiko Nakao, 11 Oct	1 side
Mono-Black aspiringspike, 7 Oct	1 side	5-0

Legacy Other periods →

In 73 of 1071 decks (6.8%).

Share of decks

6.8%

▲ 0.6 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

0 main, 73 sideboard

Avg. copies

–

in the main deck

Win rate

60%

9 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Lands	4.7%	98%
WUG (unclassified)	2.7%	7%
WUBRG (unclassified)	2.1%	65%
Golgari Cradle	1.3%	7%
WUBG (unclassified)	1.3%	14%
WG (unclassified)	0.5%	60%
WBG (unclassified)	0.2%	50%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Lands Zhemint in Legacy Challenge 16	7-1 88%
WG Nyles Breecher in From The Vault: Legacy 36 $1K	7-1 88%
Lands Minivan_of_Jeskai in Legacy Challenge 32	6-2 75%
WUBG LarthPursenas in Legacy Challenge 32	5-2 71%
Lands DandyAndy360 in Legacy Challenge 32	5-2 71%
Lands alexeezayyy in Legacy Challenge 32	5-2 71%
Lands Sharkcaster_Mage in Legacy Showcase Challenge	6-3 67%
WUG Sol-e22558 in Legacy Challenge 32	4-2 67%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Lands toby_bearkiller, 28 Oct	2 side	5-0
Lands Minivan_of_Jeskai, 27 Oct	2 side	#3 6-2
WUBG LarthPursenas, 27 Oct	2 side	#6 5-2
WUBRG vegecookies, 27 Oct	2 side	5-0
Lands Sharkcaster_Mage, 27 Oct	3 side	5-0
WUBRG urzatheplaneswalker, 27 Oct	2 side	5-0
Lands Granham, 27 Oct	3 side	5-0
WUBRG urzatheplaneswalker, 27 Oct	2 side	5-0

Premodern Other periods →

In 21 of 590 decks (3.6%).

Share of decks

3.6%

▼ 4.8 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

0 main, 21 sideboard

Avg. copies

–

in the main deck

Win rate

46%

1 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Enchantress	13.7%	16%
WG (unclassified)	4.1%	29%
Golgari Midrange	1.7%	10%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
WG RockstarLifestyle in Premodern Challenge 16	4-2 67%
WG RockstarLifestyle in Premodern Challenge 16	3-2 60%
Enchantress GoblinElder in Premodern Challenge 16	3-2 60%
Enchantress _Batutinha_ in Premodern Challenge 16	3-2 60%
Enchantress _Chamytinho_ in Premodern Challenge 32	2-3 40%
Enchantress _Shikamaru_ in Premodern Challenge 16	2-3 40%
Enchantress SorryImSoTilted in Premodern Challenge 32	2-4 33%
WG RockstarLifestyle in Premodern Challenge 32	2-4 33%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
WG RockstarLifestyle, 27 Oct	2 side	#12 3-2
WG Mens_Rea2, 27 Oct	2 side	5-0
Enchantress Eugin, 24 Oct	1 side	5-0
WG Mens_Rea2, 24 Oct	2 side	5-0
WG Mens_Rea2, 23 Oct	2 side	5-0
Enchantress Eugin, 23 Oct	1 side	5-0
WG RockstarLifestyle, 22 Oct	2 side	#3 4-2
Enchantress chanel-santini, 20 Oct	2 side	#16 1-3

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