Black Vise
- Mana cost
- {1}
- Type
- Artifact
- Set
- 30th Anniversary Edition #229 (uncommon)
- Price
- $6.32 USD
As this artifact enters, choose an opponent.
At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in their hand minus 4.
Black Vise has 18 printings, first in Unlimited Edition (1993). EDHREC ranks it #11,031 among Commander cards. It appears most in Kami of the Crescent Moon decks (1,125 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Black Vise most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Kami of the Crescent Moon: 1,125 decks
- Red Death, Shipwrecker: 442 decks
- Seizan, Perverter of Truth: 411 decks
- Sokrates, Athenian Teacher: 406 decks
- Adamaro, First to Desire: 318 decks
- Tataru Taru: 292 decks
- Darigaaz, the Igniter: 83 decks
- Nin, the Pain Artist: 74 decks
Often played with Black Vise
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : You choose one opposing player as it enters and it only affects that one player. This choice is not changed even if Black Vise changes controllers. It becomes useless but stays on the battlefield if that player leaves the game.
- : If the chosen player has four or fewer cards in their hand as Black Vise's ability resolves, the ability just won't do anything that turn.
Printings
- Mystery Booster 2 #139
- From the Vault: Relics #2
- Fourth Edition #299
- Summer Magic / Edgar #236
- Revised Edition #236
- Unlimited Edition #234
- Limited Edition Beta #234
- Limited Edition Alpha #233
- Masters Edition III #191
- 30th Anniversary Edition #229
- 30th Anniversary Edition #526
- Kaladesh Inventions #32
- Pro Tour Collector Set #mj299
- Pro Tour Collector Set #bl299sb
- Collectors' Edition #234
- Intl. Collectors' Edition #234
- Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border #299
- Foreign Black Border #236