MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #191

Black Vise

DIGITAL ONLY

me3·#191·rare·foil

Illus. Richard Thomas

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Sep '09

17 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #10,745 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$32

Nonfoil$32

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

2009-10-01wotc

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.

2004-10-04wotc

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

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ME3 — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #191 of *Masters Edition III*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2009 Masters Edition III release.

Card type: Artifact, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. 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.