---
name: "Barl's Cage"
mana_cost: "{4}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "BCHR"
set_name: "Chronicles Foreign Black Border"
collector_number: "94"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Tom Wänerstrand"
oracle_id: "eb260cd3-9060-4a5e-bc60-a8ca13d542cc"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/barls-cage-bchr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Barl's Cage
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
{3}: Target creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Amber Prison](/printing/amber-prison-mir.md) — Artifact
2. [Deserter's Quarters](/printing/deserters-quarters-jou.md) — Artifact
3. [Take into Custody](/printing/take-into-custody-aer.md) — Instant
4. [Ethereal Grasp](/printing/ethereal-grasp-j21.md) — Instant
5. [Entrancing Lyre](/printing/entrancing-lyre-thb.md) — Artifact
6. [Misstep](/printing/misstep-mmq.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Chronicles Foreign Black Border (BCHR) #94
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Tom Wänerstrand
- **Total Printings:** 15 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`