Printings
Barl's Cage
Card Information
Type: Artifact
Mana Cost: 4
CMC: 4
Part of the Reserved List: No
Set: Fifth Edition (5ED)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 352
Oracle Text
{3}: Target creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- October 1, 2009
You may target any creature with this ability. It doesn’t have to be tapped.
Source: wotc - October 1, 2009
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.
Source: wotc - October 1, 2009
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.
Source: wotc - October 4, 2004
Does not prevent a creature from untapping at other times. It just stops the “normal” untap during the untap step.
Source: wotc
Price History
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