---
name: "Tangle Wire"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Fading"]
set: "NEM"
set_name: "Nemesis"
collector_number: "139"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Glen Angus"
oracle_id: "c4ea0931-43e0-4214-9e0b-213eee3a7e69"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/tangle-wire-nem"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Tangle Wire
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact
- **Keywords:** Fading

## Oracle Text
Fading 4 (This artifact enters with four fade counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fade counter from it. If you can't, sacrifice it.)
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player taps an untapped artifact, creature, or land they control for each fade counter on this artifact.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Fraying Line](/printing/fraying-line-hbg.md) — Artifact
2. [Parallax Inhibitor](/printing/parallax-inhibitor-nem.md) — Artifact
3. [Tumble Magnet](/printing/tumble-magnet-2xm.md) — Artifact
4. [Rusting Golem](/printing/rusting-golem-nem.md) — Artifact Creature — Golem
5. [Woodripper](/printing/woodripper-nem.md) — Creature — Beast
6. [Barbed Wire](/printing/barbed-wire-mmq.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Nemesis (NEM) #139
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Glen Angus
- **Total Printings:** 11 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`