Tangle Wire
From the Vault: Twenty 8 • mythic
- Set
- From the Vault: Twenty
- Collector number
- 8
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Marco Nelor
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
Fading 4 (This artifact enters with four fade counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fade counter from it. If you can't, sacrifice it.)
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player taps an untapped artifact, creature, or land they control for each fade counter on this artifact.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Tangle Wire was originally released in the 2000 Nemesis expansion for Magic: The Gathering, designed by Mike Elliott. It was conceived as an artifact that imposed a cumulative burden on players, forcing them to tap permanents each turn as the wire faded away. The card quickly became a staple in competitive formats like Vintage and Legacy due to its ability to disrupt opponents' board states and stall the tempo of the game.
The From the Vault: Twenty version, released in 2013 to celebrate the game's twentieth anniversary, features updated, premium foil treatment and alternate artwork by Franz Vohwinkel. This edition was curated to highlight iconic cards that defined various eras of the game's history. It was well-received by collectors for its aesthetic refinement while maintaining the original mechanical identity that made the card a potent tool in deck-building strategies for over a decade.
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