Hold for Ransom
- Mana cost
- {1}{W}
- Type
- Enchantment — Aura
- Set
- Streets of New Capenna #16 (common)
- Price
- $0.15 USD
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block and has "{7}: Hold for Ransom's controller sacrifices it and draws a card. Activate only as a sorcery."
Hold for Ransom has 1 printing, first in Streets of New Capenna (2022). EDHREC ranks it #19,818 among Commander cards. It appears most in Grakk the Pacifist decks (42 on EDHREC). It has 1 official ruling.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Hold for Ransom most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Grakk the Pacifist: 42 decks
- Major Teroh: 4 decks
- Barbara Wright: 1 decks
- Ellyn Harbreeze, Busybody: 1 decks
- Winter Soldier, Bucky Barnes: 1 decks
- Alharu, Solemn Ritualist: 1 decks
- Mockingbird, Bobbi Morse: 1 decks
- The Howling Commandos: 1 decks
Often played with Hold for Ransom
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : The ability Hold for Ransom grants to the enchanted creature can be activated only by that creature's controller, who is usually not the same player who controls Hold for Ransom.