Barl's Cage Price
5 printings · 5 sets · first printed 1994
Barl's Cage has been printed 5 times across 5 sets, first in 1994 and most recently in 2009. Right now the cheapest printing is Chronicles #94 at $0.35, while the most expensive is The Dark #96 at $2.80 — about 8× more. The median across 3 priced printings is $0.48. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 5x, including dedicated reprint sets like Masters Edition III, Chronicles Foreign Black Border.
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Every Barl's Cage Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chronicles #94 (R) Cheapest | 1995 | $0.35 | — |
| Fifth Edition #352 (R) | 1997 | $0.48 | $0.05 |
| The Dark #96 (R) | 1994 | $2.80 | — |
| Masters Edition III #190 (R) | 2009 | — | — |
| Chronicles Foreign Black Border #94 (R) | 1995 | — | — |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
: Target creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 5 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
4 PrecedentsDoes not prevent a creature from untapping at other times. It just stops the “normal” untap during the untap step.
You may target any creature with this ability. It doesn’t have to be tapped.
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.
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.