---
name: "Black Vise"
mana_cost: "{1}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "SUM"
set_name: "Summer Magic / Edgar"
collector_number: "236"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Richard Thomas"
oracle_id: "de7839fb-7040-48ab-a6d4-d1952972943d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/black-vise-sum"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Black Vise
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Viseling](/printing/viseling-c13.md) — Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Construct
2. [The Rack](/printing/the-rack-prm.md) — Artifact
3. [Wheel of Torture](/printing/wheel-of-torture-plst.md) — Artifact
4. [Thumbscrews](/printing/thumbscrews-tmp.md) — Artifact
5. [Misers' Cage](/printing/misers-cage-mir.md) — Artifact
6. [Cursed Rack](/printing/cursed-rack-me1.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Summer Magic / Edgar (SUM) #236
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Richard Thomas
- **Total Printings:** 33 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: `not_legal`