---
name: "Tangle"
mana_cost: "{1}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: []
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "VMA"
set_name: "Vintage Masters"
collector_number: "237"
rarity: "common"
artist: "John Avon"
oracle_id: "f627e125-15af-4e53-b34e-82b60e4ec87b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/tangle-vma"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Tangle
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
Each attacking creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tanglesap](/printing/tanglesap-zen.md) — Instant
2. [Fog](/printing/fog-ema.md) — Instant
3. [Azorius Ploy](/printing/azorius-ploy-dis.md) — Instant
4. [Root Snare](/printing/root-snare-rna.md) — Instant
5. [Spore Cloud](/printing/spore-cloud-me2.md) — Instant
6. [Statecraft](/printing/statecraft-mmq.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Vintage Masters (VMA) #237
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** John Avon

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2004-10-04)* It identifies the creatures that are not going to untap at the time this spell resolves.
- *(2025-09-19)* The creatures that are not going to untap are determined at the time this spell resolves.