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Barl's Cage

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Artifact

Masters Edition III·me3 #190·Rare·2009·Art by Tom Wänerstrand
StandardNot Legal
ModernNot Legal
CommanderLegal
LegacyLegal
PioneerNot Legal
VintageLegal
Barl's Cage
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Oracle Text

{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.

Set
Masters Edition III (ME3)
Number
#190
Rarity
Rare
Artist
Tom Wänerstrand
Frame
1997
Border
Black
Language
EN
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil

Value

MTGO Tix
0.02

Indicative figures.

Card Knowledge

Legalities

StandardNot Legal
PioneerNot Legal
ModernNot Legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal

Rulings4

10/4/2004·wotc

Does not prevent a creature from untapping at other times. It just stops the “normal” untap during the untap step.

10/1/2009·wotc

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

10/1/2009·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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