First printed in Nemesis (2000)

All 4 prints

Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #694, 2021
From the Vault: Twenty (V13) #8, 2013
World Championship Decks 2000 (WC00) #jf139a, 2000
Nemesis (NEM) #139, 2000

Tangle Wire

Artifact

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.

MTGO price: 11.88 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).

In the last 30 days 1.7% of Premodern decks played it (10 of 592). Most played in Elves. In the last 30 days 0.7% of Commander decks played it (44 of 6150). Most played in Magda, Brazen Outlaw.

Staple

Duel Commander staples: main deck, 12% of decks (#218)
Colorless, Artifacts

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

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

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Premodern Other periods →

In 10 of 592 decks (1.7%).

Share of decks

1.7%

▼ 0.2 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

6 main, 4 sideboard

Avg. copies

4.0

in the main deck

Win rate

53%

1 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Elves	1.5%	78%
RG (unclassified)	0.8%	60%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Anger	100%	45.5
Quirion Ranger	100%	39.5
Nantuko Vigilante	100%	29.6
Survival of the Fittest	100%	11.2
Squee, Goblin Nabob	100%	10.2
Wooded Foothills	100%	3.6
Llanowar Elves	83%	35.2
Wall of Roots	83%	11.5
Fyndhorn Elves	67%	39.5
Mindless Automaton	50%	98.7

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Elves Curran Delahanty in Rose City Premodern PMPMPMPM XLI: October - Charity Event	4-2 67%
RG Heebie_Jeebies in Premodern Challenge 16	2-3 40%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Elves thekingslayer, 29 Oct	2 side	5-0
RG heavyplayed, 27 Oct	4 main	5-0
RG fpawlusz, 23 Oct	4 main	5-0
Elves thekingslayer, 20 Oct	2 side	5-0
Elves anabol, 17 Oct	3 side	5-0
Elves undie, 13 Oct	4 main	#27 0-2
Elves Curran Delahanty, 11 Oct	4 main	#6 4-2
Elves Gabaman, 11 Oct	4 main	5-0

Commander Other periods →

In 44 of 6150 decks (0.7%).

Share of decks

0.7%

= vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

44 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

28%

13 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Magda, Brazen Outlaw	2.1%	12%
Dack Fayden, Helping Hand	1.3%	1%
Urza, Lord High Artificer	0.6%	3%
Zhulodok, Void Gorger	0.2%	30%
Iron Man, Titan of Innovation	0.1%	100%
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools	0.1%	100%
Slicer, Hired Muscle	0.1%	20%
Council of Reeds	0.1%	25%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Sol Ring	100%	1.0
Mana Vault	93%	1.1
Ancient Tomb	93%	1.1
Lotus Petal	93%	1.0
Gemstone Caverns	93%	1.0
Urza's Saga	86%	3.6
Mox Opal	80%	1.4
Chrome Mox	80%	0.9
Tezzeret, Cruel Captain	75%	5.5
Damping Sphere	73%	12.0

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Magda, Brazen Outlaw Andrew Bachman in Cian Colony Memorial Tournament 4	4-2 67%
The Fantasticar Tom Schweizer [SNAP] in 1.cEDH069 Major @Die Fabrik	3-2 60%
Council of Reeds Allen Mok in OBG & Draw Dawgz Presents: Dawg Pile CEDH Tournament	2-3 40%
Magda, Brazen Outlaw Leonardo Vernazza [RCS] in Monkeys for charity - European cEDH Championship Qualifier	2-3 40%
Magda, Brazen Outlaw Gianluca Benucci in Mana Burn II - European cEDH Championship Qualifier	2-3 40%
Iron Man, Titan of Innovation Juan Pablo Varela in 2do Clasificatorio Nacional cEDH 2026 Sede La Serena	1-4 20%
Zhulodok, Void Gorger Federico Testa in Mulligan Championship Series - October w/ Guaranteed Volcanic Island	1-4 20%
Magda, Brazen Outlaw Trent in LDXP Sacramento - CEDH	1-5 17%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools Austin Dye, 25 Oct	1 main	#12 0-1
Magda, Brazen Outlaw Scuba, 25 Oct	1 main	#1 3-1
Magda, Brazen Outlaw Cuzzin2chainz [BC,AB], 25 Oct	1 main	#14 1-3
Zhulodok, Void Gorger Caetronius, 25 Oct	1 main	#20 0-3
Magda, Brazen Outlaw Alessio Rossi, 25 Oct	1 main	#10 1-3
Zhulodok, Void Gorger Rafael Quinta Pozo, 25 Oct	1 main	#10 1-2
Magda, Brazen Outlaw Tosa, 25 Oct	1 main	#21 0-2
Magda, Brazen Outlaw Andrew Bachman, 24 Oct	1 main	#5 4-2

Duel Commander Other periods →

In 4 of 80 decks (5.0%).

Share of decks

5.0%

▼ 7.3 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

4 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

–

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Mono-White (unclassified)	12.5%	20%
Mono-Red (unclassified)	2.5%	50%
Mono-Blue (unclassified)	1.3%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Gemstone Caverns	100%	4.4
Urza's Saga	100%	2.0
Command Beacon	75%	7.5
Crystal Vein	75%	6.0
Ghost Vacuum	75%	5.5
City of Traitors	75%	2.7
Talon Gates of Madara	75%	2.4

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Mono-Blue AllienWalker, 24 Oct	1 main	5-0
Mono-White TVAmaral, 19 Oct	1 main	5-0
Mono-White TVAmaral, 18 Oct	1 main	5-0
Mono-Red TVAmaral, 10 Oct	1 main	5-0

No recent decks in: Legacy, Vintage.