Hands of Binding
Sorcery
Mana cost: {1}{U}
How we read this card
Tap target creature an opponent controls. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
on-cast —
- makes tap a creature
on-cast — keeps permanents from untapping
Cipher
Causes: tap a creature.
Cares about: nothing.
Works well with
a creature becomes tapped — 565 cards in the game can cause this (Hands of Binding is one).
When a creature becomes tapped thanks to Hands of Binding:
- Stinging Licid — deals 2 damage
- Gideon's Avenger — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
- Lust for War — deals 3 damage
- Insolence — deals 2 damage
- Seizures — deals 3 damage
- Betrayal — draws you 1 card
- Spirit Shackle — puts a counter on a permanent
- Palliation Accord — puts a palliation counter on itself
- Cryoshatter — kills a creature
- Don't Move — kills a creature
11 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Hands of Binding is one).
When Hands of Binding is cast:
- Master Pakku — gets +1/+1
- Spellweaver Volute — copies a spell
- Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
- Niblis of Frost — gets +1/+1
- Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
- Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
- Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
- Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
- Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
- Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature
424 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything is cast — 31,128 cards in the game can cause this (Hands of Binding is one).
When Hands of Binding is cast:
- Windrider Wizard — draws you 1 card
- Relic Amulet — puts a charge counter on itself
- Rockslide Sorcerer — deals 1 damage
- Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls — grants flying
- Alania, Divergent Storm — makes an opponent draw 1 card
- Umara Mystic — gets +2/+0
- Master of Winds — triggers
5 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.