Liane Soffocanti 
Choking Vines
Instant
Printed (IT)
Oracle text (EN)
Instant
Cast this spell only during the declare blockers step. X target attacking creatures become blocked. Choking Vines deals 1 damage to each of those creatures. (This spell works on creatures that can't be blocked.)
Printing details
- Set
- WTH · 123
- Rarity
- Common
- Language
- IT
- Artist
- Ted Naifeh
- Released
- 1997-06-09
- Prices
- – · –
Price history
The trend shows with at least 7 days of history.
- Cardmarket, trend
- CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (IT)
The history starts on October 28, 2026 and grows every day.
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| Date | Cardmarket, trend | CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (IT) |
|---|---|---|
| November 2, 2026 | €0.09 | €0.28 |
| October 29, 2026 | €0.10 | €0.28 |
| October 28, 2026 | €0.11 | €0.28 |
Prices
| Source | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Cardmarket | low €0.02 trend €0.09 30-day avg €0.18 | low – trend €0.00 30-day avg – |
| CardTrader (IT) | NM from €0.28 with Zero from €0.28 | NM from – |
| CardTrader (any language) | NM from €0.16 | NM from – |
Cardmarket updated Nov 2, 2026 · CardTrader updated Nov 2, 2026
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Legality
- standard Not legal
- pioneer Not legal
- modern Not legal
- legacy Legal
- vintage Legal
- commander Legal
- pauper Legal
- alchemy Not legal
- brawl Not legal
- competitivebrawl Not legal
- duel Legal
- future Not legal
- gladiator Not legal
- historic Not legal
- oathbreaker Legal
- oldschool Not legal
- paupercommander Legal
- penny Not legal
- predh Legal
- premodern Legal
- standardbrawl Not legal
- timeless Not legal
- tlr Legal
Rulings
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Choking Vines will make any creatures it targets become blocked, even if the creature had blocking restrictions on it. For example, you can make a creature with Islandwalk become blocked even if the defending player has Islands. This is because evasion abilities only prevent creatures from being assigned to block them.
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You can declare zero targets, with X=0.
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Choking Vines isn’t particularly effective against creatures with trample. Since the creature with trample has no blocker to assign damage to, all the damage will be assigned to the defending player.
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If a previously unblocked creature becomes blocked as a result of Choking Vines, any “When this creature becomes blocked” abilities that creature has will trigger. Any “When this creature becomes blocked by a creature” abilities that creature has won’t trigger.
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You may target a blocked creature with Choking Vines. Choking Vines will deal 1 damage to it, and have no other effect on it.