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◇ Catalog #237

Tangle

DIGITAL ONLY

vma·#237·common·foil

Illus. John Avon

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Jun '14

12 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #6,726 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$0.04

Nonfoil$0.04

Gameplay

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. Each attacking creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Gaea battles rampant death with abundant life.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2025-09-19wotc

The creatures that are not going to untap are determined at the time this spell resolves.

2004-10-04wotc

It identifies the creatures that are not going to untap at the time this spell resolves.

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from VMA — 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 #237 of *Vintage Masters*, the set that shipped alongside the June 2014 Vintage Masters release.

Card type: Instant, color identity green, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {1}{G} (2 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #6,726 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by John Avon. Rarix catalogs 1,840 other cards credited to this artist.