Gelid Shackles
- Mana cost
- {W}
- Type
- Snow Enchantment — Aura
- Set
- Coldsnap #6 (common)
- Price
- $0.26 USD
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.
{S}: Enchanted creature gains defender until end of turn. ({S} can be paid with one mana from a snow source.)
Gelid Shackles has 1 printing, first in Coldsnap (2006). EDHREC ranks it #17,232 among Commander cards. It appears most in Snow Villiers decks (6 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Gelid Shackles most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Snow Villiers: 6 decks
- Landroval, Horizon Witness: 1 decks
Often played with Gelid Shackles
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Gelid Shackles doesn’t stop static abilities or triggered abilities from working. It also won’t prevent the creature from attacking unless the enchanted creature is given defender before attackers are declared.
- : Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.