gatherer logo
Stranglehold

Card Name

Stranglehold

Mana Cost

3

Type

Enchantment

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

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

Flavor Text

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

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Modern, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(9/22/2011)
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.
(9/22/2011)
If an effect says "Search your library . . . then shuffle your library," your opponents shuffle their libraries even though they can't search.
(9/22/2011)
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.
(9/22/2011)
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.
(9/22/2011)
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.