You can cycle this card even if there are no legal targets for the triggered ability.
Choking Tethers
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.
Last observed on Scryfall 6 days ago at $0.31, up from $0.28 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.31 across 45 observations — a moderately swinging band. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from MH1 — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
Card #44 of *Modern Horizons*, the set that shipped alongside the June 2019 Modern Horizons release.
Card type: Instant, color identity blue, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {3}{U} (4 converted). Keyword abilities: Cycling.
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #16,278 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Deruchenko Alexander. Rarix catalogs 324 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Deruchenko Alexander
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