Black Vise Price
18 printings · 16 sets · first printed 1993
Black Vise has been printed 18 times across 16 sets, first in 1993 and most recently in 2024. Right now the cheapest printing is Mystery Booster 2 #139 at $0.44, while the most expensive is Limited Edition Beta #234 at $219.39 — about 499× more. The median across 12 priced printings is $21.36. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 18x, including dedicated reprint sets like Mystery Booster 2, Masters Edition III.
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Every Black Vise Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mystery Booster 2 #139 (U) Cheapest | 2024 | $0.44 | $0.75 |
| Revised Edition #236 (U) | 1994 | $2.79 | $0.70 |
| Fourth Edition #299 (U) | 1995 | $4.54 | $0.70 |
| From the Vault: Relics #2 (M) Foil | 2010 | $5.10 | $2.50 foil |
| 30th Anniversary Edition #229 (U) | 2022 | $6.28 | $3.50 |
| Pro Tour Collector Set #bl299sb (U) | 1996 | $15.97 | $7.00 |
| Unlimited Edition #234 (U) | 1993 | $26.74 | $27.00 |
| Collectors' Edition #234 (U) | 1993 | $35.00 | — |
| Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border #299 (U) | 1995 | $43.55 | — |
| Kaladesh Inventions #32 (S) Foil | 2016 | $48.48 | $38.00 foil |
| Foreign Black Border #236 (U) | 1994 | $75.00 | — |
| Limited Edition Beta #234 (U) | 1993 | $219.39 | $165.00 |
| 30th Anniversary Edition #526 (U) | 2022 | — | $56.00 |
| Masters Edition III #191 (R) | 2009 | — | — |
| Pro Tour Collector Set #mj299 (U) | 1996 | — | $10.50 |
| Summer Magic / Edgar #236 (U) | 1994 | — | — |
| Intl. Collectors' Edition #234 (U) | 1993 | — | $26.00 |
| Limited Edition Alpha #233 (U) | 1993 | — | $480.00 |
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.
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.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 18 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
2 PrecedentsYou 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.