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You may target any creature with this ability. It doesn’t have to be tapped.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #94
Barl's Cage
bchr·#94·rare·nonfoil·JA
Illus. Tom Wänerstrand
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wishlisted
Jul 1995
31 yr ago
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #26,412 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Artifact
{3}: Target creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Legalities
tlrnot legal
duellegal
brawlnot legal
pennylegal
PreDH
Rulings · 4
wotc
Barl’s Cage doesn’t track the creature’s controller. If the affected creature changes controllers before its old controller’s next untap step, this ability will prevent it from being untapped during its new controller’s next untap step.
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If the targeted creature is untapped at the time its controller’s next untap step begins, this ability has no effect. It won’t apply at some later time when the targeted creature is tapped.
Context
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from BCHR — 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 #94 of *Chronicles Foreign Black Border*, the set that shipped alongside the July 1995 Chronicles Foreign Black Border release.
Card type: Artifact, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {4} (4 converted).
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #26,412 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Tom Wänerstrand. Rarix catalogs 255 other cards credited to this artist.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Tom Wänerstrand
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