Stranglehold (CMD #136) MTG

Stranglehold is a rare printing from Commander 2011 (CMD #136), a Enchantment. Illustrated by John Stanko.

Card text

Your opponents can't search libraries.

If an opponent would begin an extra turn, that player skips that turn instead.

The correct answer to a barbarian's riddle is to choke on your cleverness and die.

As of 2026-10-20, Scryfall listed this printing at non-foil $7.79 (USD). Prices change constantly, so check the live price before buying.

September 22, 2011 — If an effect says “You may search your library . . . If you do, shuffle your library” or “You may search your library . . . then shuffle your library,” your opponents can’t choose to search, so they won’t shuffle.
September 22, 2011 — If an effect says “Search your library . . . then shuffle your library,” your opponents shuffle their libraries even though they can’t search.
September 22, 2011 — Effects that instruct your opponents to reveal or look at cards from the top of their libraries will still work. Only effects that use the word “search” are affected.
September 22, 2011 — An “extra turn” means a turn created by a spell or ability. It doesn’t refer to a turn taken in a sanctioned tournament after the time limit for the round has expired.
September 22, 2011 — If an opponent’s extra turn is created while Stranglehold is on the battlefield, but Stranglehold leaves the battlefield before that turn would begin, that opponent takes the extra turn as normal.

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