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Barl's Cage

{4}

Artifact

CHRChronicles#94rare

For a dozen years the Cage had held Lord Ith, but as the Pretender Mairsil's power weakened, so did the bars.

Border
white
Frame
1993
Pull rate
~1 in 40
Illustrator
Tom Wänerstrand
Found in
Chronicles Foreign Black Border Japanese Booster Pack · Chronicles Booster Pack
Printings5
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernLegal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
{3}: Target creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Plays as: Pacifism

Market · per finishspark updated 1h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.30
$0.11 low$0.08 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.30· across 5 printings

Rulings

4 · latest Oct 1, 2009 · one tap opens all
  • WotCOct 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.

  • WotCOct 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.

  • WotCOct 1, 2009

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

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

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