Vedalken Shackles
- Mana cost
- {3}
- Type
- Artifact
- Set
- Kaladesh Inventions #53 (special)
You may choose not to untap this artifact during your untap step.
{2}, {T}: Gain control of target creature with power less than or equal to the number of Islands you control for as long as this artifact remains tapped.
Vedalken Shackles has 3 printings, first in Fifth Dawn (2004). EDHREC ranks it #11,941 among Commander cards. It appears most in Gogo, Master of Mimicry decks (710 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Vedalken Shackles most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Gogo, Master of Mimicry: 710 decks
- Empress Galina: 479 decks
- Braids, Conjurer Adept: 292 decks
- Jalira, Master Polymorphist: 262 decks
- Geralf, Visionary Stitcher: 224 decks
- Thada Adel, Acquisitor: 189 decks
- Garland, Royal Kidnapper: 146 decks
- Kira, Great Glass-Spinner: 113 decks
Often played with Vedalken Shackles
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : The creature’s power and the number of Islands you control matter only when the ability is activated and when it resolves. After that, only the fact that Vedalken Shackles remains tapped matters. If the creature stops being a creature, you’ll keep control of it.
- : If Vedalken Shackles becomes untapped before its ability resolves, you won’t gain control of the creature.
- : If Vedalken Shackles leaves the battlefield, it’s no longer tapped, so the control-changing effect ends.