---
name: "Vedalken Shackles"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "MMA"
set_name: "Modern Masters"
collector_number: "218"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Svetlin Velinov"
oracle_id: "fddac567-c42c-453b-9c82-c3140b374a06"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/vedalken-shackles-mma"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Vedalken Shackles
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
You may choose not to untap this artifact during your untap step.
{2}, {T}: Gain control of target creature with power less than or equal to the number of Islands you control for as long as this artifact remains tapped.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Kefnet's Last Word](/printing/kefnets-last-word-hou.md) — Sorcery
2. [Helm of Possession](/printing/helm-of-possession-tmp.md) — Artifact
3. [Old Man of the Sea](/printing/old-man-of-the-sea-me3.md) — Creature — Djinn
4. [Entrancing Lyre](/printing/entrancing-lyre-thb.md) — Artifact
5. [Seasinger](/printing/seasinger-me1.md) — Creature — Merfolk
6. [Deserter's Quarters](/printing/deserters-quarters-jou.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Masters (MMA) #218
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Svetlin Velinov

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2004-12-01)* The creature’s power and the number of Islands you control matter only when the ability is activated and when it resolves. After that, only the fact that Vedalken Shackles remains tapped matters. If the creature stops being a creature, you’ll keep control of it.
- *(2004-12-01)* If Vedalken Shackles becomes untapped before its ability resolves, you won’t gain control of the creature.
- *(2004-12-01)* If Vedalken Shackles leaves the battlefield, it’s no longer tapped, so the control-changing effect ends.