---
name: "Fraying Line"
mana_cost: "{4}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "HBG"
set_name: "Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate"
collector_number: "257"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Campbell White"
oracle_id: "b69d2bd6-3e99-4c51-89af-0acedd48739e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/fraying-line-hbg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Fraying Line
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
When this artifact enters, put a rope counter on target creature you control.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player may pay {2}. If they do, they put a rope counter on a creature they control. Otherwise, exile this artifact and each creature without a rope counter on it, then remove all rope counters from all creatures.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tangle Wire](/printing/tangle-wire-sld.md) — Artifact
2. [Hithlain Rope](/printing/hithlain-rope-ltc.md) — Artifact
3. [The Rack](/printing/the-rack-prm.md) — Artifact
4. [Fifty Feet of Rope](/printing/fifty-feet-of-rope-plst.md) — Artifact
5. [Serrated Arrows](/printing/serrated-arrows-gvl.md) — Artifact
6. [Barbed Wire](/printing/barbed-wire-mmq.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate (HBG) #257
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Campbell White
- **Total Printings:** 17 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`