MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #96

Barl's Cage

drk·#96·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Tom Wänerstrand

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Aug 1994

32 yr ago

Value

$3.94+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $3.04 · low $2.77

NM$2.94

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$2.72–$3.10modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $2.94low $2.70range 8.9%n 51

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #26,412 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$2.94

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

2009-10-01wotc

You may target any creature with this ability. It doesn’t have to be tapped.

2009-10-01wotc

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.

2009-10-01wotc

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.

2004-10-04

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $2.94. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $2.70 and $2.94 across 51 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from DRK — 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 #96 of *The Dark*, the set that shipped alongside the August 1994 The Dark 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.