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Choking Tethers
Instant
common
Tap up to four target creatures. Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.) When you cycle this card, you may tap target creature.
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A spell that replaces itself by drawing a card as part of its resolution.
Puts additional cards into your hand. Includes direct draw, 'look/reveal and put into hand' effects, and conditional draw triggers.
A keyword ability that lets a card be discarded and replaced with a new card. See rule 702.29, “Cycling.”
A keyword ability that lets a card be discarded and replaced with a new card. See rule 702.29, “Cycling.”
Cycling-focused strategy — payoffs for cycling, cycling triggers, Astral Drift effects.
Cycling-focused strategy — payoffs for cycling, cycling triggers, Astral Drift effects.
Draw-then-discard or discard-then-draw effects that improve hand quality without net card advantage.
A permanent with a repeatable activated ability that converts excess mana into value.
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Printings (7)
| Set | Rarity | TCGplayer | Card Kingdom | Cardmarket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundations Jumpstart#298 | common | · | · | · |
| Jumpstart: Historic Horizons#178 | common | · | · | · |
| The List#A25-48 | common | · | · | · |
| Modern Horizons#44 | common | · | · | · |
| Masters 25#48 | common | · | · | · |
| Vintage Masters#59 | common | · | · | · |
| Onslaught#74 | common | · | · | · |
Related Concepts
Related Rules
Cycling
Cycling is an activated ability that functions only while the card with cycling is in a player’s hand. “Cycling [cost]” means “[Cost], Discard this card: Draw a card.”
Although the cycling ability can be activated only if the card is in a player’s hand, it continues to exist while the object is on the battlefield and in all other zones. Therefore objects with cycling will be affected by effects that depend on objects having one or more activated abilities.
Some cards with cycling have abilities that trigger when they’re cycled. “When you cycle this card” means “When you discard this card to pay an activation cost of a cycling ability.” These abilities trigger from whatever zone the card winds up in after it’s cycled.
Typecycling is a variant of the cycling ability. “[Type]cycling [cost]” means “[Cost], Discard this card: Search your library for a [type] card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.” This type is usually a subtype (as in “mountaincycling”) but can be any card type, subtype, supertype, or combination thereof (as in “basic landcycling”).
Typecycling abilities are cycling abilities, and typecycling costs are cycling costs. Any cards that trigger when a player cycles a card will trigger when a card is discarded to pay an activation cost of a typecycling ability. Any effect that stops players from cycling cards will stop players from activating cards’ typecycling abilities. Any effect that increases or reduces a cycling cost will increase or reduce a typecycling cost. Any effect that looks for a card with cycling will find a card with typecycling.
Rulings
You can cycle this card even if there are no legal targets for the triggered ability.
When you cycle this card, first the cycling ability goes on the stack, then the triggered ability goes on the stack on top of it. The triggered ability will resolve before you draw a card from the cycling ability.
The cycling ability and the triggered ability are separate. If the triggered ability doesn't resolve (because, for example, it has been countered, or all of its targets have become illegal), the cycling ability will still resolve, and you'll draw a card.