Cage of Hands
Foundations Jumpstart 176 • common
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Collector number
- 176
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Mark Tedin
- Market price
- $0.13
What it does
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block.
1 generic mana white mana: Return this Aura to its owner's hand.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Cage of Hands was originally introduced in the Champions of Kamigawa set in 2004, drawing inspiration from Japanese mythology and folklore. As a white enchantment that pacifies creatures, it reflects the set's focus on spirit-based magic and the thematic conflict between the physical and spirit realms. Its reappearance in the Foundations Jumpstart set, numbered 176, serves as a functional reprint designed to provide accessible control options for players engaging in the Foundations format, which aims to stabilize the core experience for newcomers.
The card's design features distinct artwork that emphasizes the aesthetic of binding or restriction, a recurring motif in white mana cards within the Magic: The Gathering ecosystem. While individual artists are commissioned for each iteration, the card's enduring popularity among players stems from its recurring mechanic, which allows a player to return the enchantment to their hand, offering a flexible and repeatable answer to threatening creatures on the battlefield.
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