Magic: The Gathering

Claustrophobia

Innistrad 48 • common

Set: Innistrad
Collector number: 48
Rarity: Common
Mana cost: 1 generic mana blue mana blue mana
Type: Enchantment
Colors: Blue
Artist: Ryan Pancoast
Market price: $0.10

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What it's worth

$0.10market price via TCGplayer · Aug 25, 2026$0.06 – $0.10 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

As a common card within the Innistrad set, Claustrophobia represents the pervasive sense of dread and confinement central to this dark world. Its ability to tap a creature and prevent it from untapping serves as a thematic illustration of being overwhelmed or trapped by the horrors lurking within the shadows.

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Card face

What it does

Enchant creature

When this Aura enters, tap enchanted creature.

Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.

Six feet of earth muffled his cries.

Formats

Where you can play it

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
PauperLegal
BrawlNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
OathbreakerLegal

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Provenance

Where it came from

Claustrophobia was introduced in the 2011 Magic: The Gathering set Innistrad, a Gothic horror-inspired expansion. Designed to evoke the thematic dread and claustrophobic atmosphere of classic monster movies and folklore, the card functions as an enchantment that renders a creature unable to untap, mechanically mirroring the psychological and physical confinement suggested by its title and the set's broader flavor.

The card features illustration by Johann Bodin, who utilized a moody, muted color palette and stark lighting to emphasize the sense of being trapped in a dark, oppressive environment. Within the set, Claustrophobia became a staple of limited gameplay, valued by players for its efficiency as a removal-adjacent tool, and it has since seen multiple reprints across various core and supplemental sets, maintaining its status as a quintessential blue utility card.

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About

About Claustrophobia

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