---
name: "Rust Tick"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Insect"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "SOM"
set_name: "Scars of Mirrodin"
collector_number: "198"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Carl Critchlow"
oracle_id: "c7f20899-2625-4b3a-8bd8-0bcee07ed86e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/rust-tick-som"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Rust Tick
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Insect
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/3

## Oracle Text
You may choose not to untap this creature during your untap step.
{1}, {T}: Tap target artifact. It doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as this creature remains tapped.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Deserter's Quarters](/printing/deserters-quarters-jou.md) — Artifact
2. [Phyrexian Gremlins](/printing/phyrexian-gremlins-atq.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Gremlin
3. [Entrancing Lyre](/printing/entrancing-lyre-thb.md) — Artifact
4. [Battered Golem](/printing/battered-golem-5dn.md) — Artifact Creature — Golem
5. [Brass Man](/printing/brass-man-3ed.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct
6. [Tawnos's Weaponry](/printing/tawnoss-weaponry-atq.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Scars of Mirrodin (SOM) #198
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Carl Critchlow
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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