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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
chr·#94·rare·nonfoil
Illus. Tom Wänerstrand
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in vault
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for trade
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wishlisted
Jul 1995
31 yr ago
Value
$0.27+$0 (+8.0%)
30 days high $0.27 · low $0.25
Volatility · moderate
USD$0.27EUR€0.38
NM$0.27
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #26,381 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Artifact
{3}: Target creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
For a dozen years the Cage had held Lord Ith, but as the Pretender Mairsil's power weakened, so did the bars.
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.
wotc
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
Last observed at $0.27, up from $0.25 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.25 and $0.28 across 33 observations. Headline volatility reads moderate. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
Last observed on Scryfall 17 hours ago at $0.27.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from CHR — 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.
This card belongs to *Chronicles* (released July 1995).
Card #94 in Chronicles.
Rarity tier: rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters.
Card type: Artifact. Mana cost: {4} (4 converted).
Legal in Duel, Penny, Predh, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #26,381 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Tom Wänerstrand.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Tom Wänerstrand
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