wotc
If the chosen player has four or fewer cards in their hand as Black Vise's ability resolves, the ability just won't do anything that turn.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #299
Black Vise
4bb·#299·uncommon·nonfoil·ES
Illus. Richard Thomas
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wishlisted
Apr 1995
31 yr ago
Value
$30.19+$1 (+4.2%)
30 days high $31 · low $28
NM$30.2
LP—
MP—
HP—
DMG—
$28–$32modeled
30 days agotoday
90-dayhigh $30low $12range 146.7%n 51
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #10,745 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Artifact
As this artifact enters, choose an opponent.
At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in their hand minus 4.
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawlnot legal
pennynot legal
PreDH
Rulings · 2
wotc
You choose one opposing player as it enters and it only affects that one player. This choice is not changed even if Black Vise changes controllers. It becomes useless but stays on the battlefield if that player leaves the game.
Context
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $30.19. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $12.24 and $30.19 across 51 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from 4BB — the lineup includes 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 #299 of *Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border*, the set that shipped alongside the April 1995 Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border release.
Card type: Artifact, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {1} (1 converted).
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #10,745 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Richard Thomas. Rarix catalogs 272 other cards credited to this artist.
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