First printed in Limited Edition Alpha (1993)

All 18 prints

Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #139, 2024
30th Anniversary Edition (30A) #229, 2022
30th Anniversary Edition (30A) #526, 2022
Kaladesh Inventions (MPS) #32, 2016
From the Vault: Relics (V10) #2, 2010
Masters Edition III (ME3) #191, 2009 (digital)
Pro Tour Collector Set (PTC) #bl299sb, 1996
Pro Tour Collector Set (PTC) #mj299, 1996
Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border (4BB) #299, 1995
Fourth Edition (4ED) #299, 1995
Summer Magic / Edgar (SUM) #236, 1994
Revised Edition (3ED) #236, 1994
Foreign Black Border (FBB) #236, 1994
Collectors' Edition (CED) #234, 1993
Intl. Collectors' Edition (CEI) #234, 1993
Unlimited Edition (2ED) #234, 1993
Limited Edition Beta (LEB) #234, 1993
Limited Edition Alpha (LEA) #233, 1993

Black Vise

Artifact

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent.
At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in their hand minus 4.

MTGO price: 11.47 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).

In the last 30 days 3.3% of Premodern decks played it (20 of 603). Most played in Stiflenought.

Staple

Premodern staples: main deck, 6% of decks (#100)
Colorless, Artifacts, Burn

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Combos

1 combo from Commander Spellbook.

Target opponent loses the game at the beginning of their next upkeep: Black Vise + Peer into the Abyss

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Not legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Not legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Premodern Other periods →

In 20 of 603 decks (3.3%).

Share of decks

3.3%

▼ 3.8 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

17 main, 3 sideboard

Avg. copies

3.6

in the main deck

Win rate

41%

5 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Stiflenought	11.1%	3%
Sligh	7.6%	9%
WU (unclassified)	4.3%	4%
Burn	1.0%	100%
Mono-Red (unclassified)	0.7%	25%
UG (unclassified)	0.5%	67%
URG (unclassified)	0.5%	67%
WUG (unclassified)	0.3%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Incinerate	65%	7.0
Grim Lavamancer	65%	6.7
Lightning Bolt	65%	4.9
Mogg Fanatic	65%	4.5
Fireblast	59%	7.0
Seal of Fire	59%	6.8
Pyrostatic Pillar	53%	16.8
Sulfuric Vortex	53%	8.9
Price of Progress	47%	21.8
Mishra's Factory	47%	2.1

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Stiflenought Jerry Melton in Rose City Premodern PMPMPMPM XLI: October - Charity Event	4-1 80%
Burn Erik157751 in Premodern Challenge 16	3-2 60%
Sligh Brain4 in Premodern Challenge 32	4-3 57%
URG Sergio Goncalves in Road to Nationals - Pré Modern	3-3 50%
UG Drach-ma in Premodern Challenge 32	3-3 50%
Burn Danielpena397 in Premodern Challenge 32	3-3 50%
Sligh Matías Salgado in Kikopen 4	2-3 40%
Burn medvedev in Premodern Challenge 16	2-3 40%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
URG JohnStasis, 26 Oct	3 main	5-0
WUG EternallySurprised, 23 Oct	3 main	#23 0-5
WU StreexIT, 23 Oct	2 side	5-0
URG Sergio Goncalves, 17 Oct	3 main	#8 3-3
Mono-Red Rcalisto, 17 Oct	2 main	#13 1-3
WUG Bond1, 13 Oct	4 main	#25 0-4
Stiflenought Jerry Melton, 11 Oct	2 side	#5 4-1
Stiflenought Ward aarts, 4 Oct	3 side	#1 4-0

No recent decks in: Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander.