Black Vise

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.

CMC

Set

PTC

Rarity

uncommon

Price

$14.27

FORMATS

CommanderLEGAL

Brawl (Historic)NOT LEGAL

DraftNOT LEGAL

StandardNOT LEGAL

ModernNOT LEGAL

PioneerNOT LEGAL

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WWizards of the Coast2004-10-04
Official Ruling
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.
WWizards of the Coast2009-10-01
Official Ruling
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.

Rulings via Scryfall

COMMENTS · 1

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Wizards of the Coast2015-09-28
Black Vise was unbanned in legacy on September 28, 2015. Some of the recent Legacy bans have been powerful card-drawing cards. Historically, Black Vise was a powerful card against those decks—and at times it was too powerful, limiting the metagame. Legacy decks are powerful enough that R&D does not think this is a likely problem, and the change might increase the diversity of the format. Source: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/news/september-28-2015-banned-and-restricted-announcement-2015-09-28