Black Vise is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
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.
How it works : Black Vise
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If the chosen player has four or fewer cards in their hand as Black Vise's ability resolves, the ability just won't do anything that turn.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
You choose one opposing player as it enters and it only affects that one player. This choice is not changed even if Black Vise changes controllers. It becomes useless but stays on the battlefield if that player leaves the game.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Peer into the Abyss + Black Vise
- 1Cast Peer into the Abyss by paying
, causing the opponent named by Black Vise to draw half their library and lose half their life, rounded up. - 2At the beginning of that opponent's next upkeep, Black Vise triggers, dealing damage to the named opponent equal to the number of cards in their hand minus four.
- 3The opponent loses the game due to having zero or less life.
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