Vedalken Shackles
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Kaladesh InventionsMPS · #53
- Card type
- Artifact
- Rarity
- Special
- Indicative price
- ★ 36.59 € · ★ 52.91 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Colourless
Card text
You may choose not to untap this artifact during your untap step. , : 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.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Svetlin Velinov
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2016-09-30
Rulings
If Vedalken Shackles becomes untapped before its ability resolves, you won’t gain control of the creature.
If Vedalken Shackles leaves the battlefield, it’s no longer tapped, so the control-changing effect ends.
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.
