Cage of Hands

Enchantment — Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature can't attack or block.

{1}{W}: Return Cage of Hands to its owner's hand.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (49)

Polaris on Stolen creatures and equipments - …

3 years ago

Yeah, while an Equipment doesn't fall off if the creature changes controllers, they took control of the creature, not the Equipment. It'll only stay on that creature until you move it somewhere. For the same reason, if the Equipment were Shadowspear or some other Equipment that had activated abilities of its own, your opponent wouldn't be able to use any of them because they don't control the Equipment. They only get to use abilities your Equipment grants to the equipped creature.

To answer your follow-up question, the Equipment never leaves your battlefield. It's attached to a creature you don't control, but it's always on "your" battlefield. You can use any of its abilities (again, see Shadowspear example) and if the equipped creature leaves play it will be on your side of the battlefield. Controlling it and having it be on your side of the battlefield are synonymous.

In a similar way, an Aura like Cage of Hands is on your side and you can activate its return ability (your opponent can't) even though you'll typically be attaching it to one of their creatures.

Polaris on Vampirism on an opponent's creature

3 years ago

It doesn't matter what the enchantment is attached to; you cast it, so you are the controller. "You" always refers to the controller of the effect, not the controller of the enchanted creature. Since you cast Vampirism, it will give the opponent's creature +1/+1 for each creature you control, and give each of your creatures -1/-1.

Also compare Cage of Hands, which uses this rule to let you pick it back up and recast it to lock down a different creature, Inevitable End, which gets around this by giving the ability to the creature (making your opponent the controller of the effect that's making them sacrifice things), and Captive Audience, which shows how an enchantment would have the caster not be the controller.

Orange+ on Johan and Friends

3 years ago

UPDATE:

I wanted to add more "creature prisons" with return to hand effects. Sadly I could only find one I thought was passable (Cessation and Forced Worship seems a bit too weak to play). While looking at removal cards I also restumbled upon Chaos Warp which suddenly seemed very fun.

OUT: Condemn, Journey to Nowhere

IN: Cage of Hands, Chaos Warp

Orange+ on Johan and Friends

3 years ago

Considering using more adaptive removal such as Cage of Hands. Such cards can also function as mana outlets as I might have too much mana late game.

Considering using creature cards to fetch lands, such as Farhaven Elf instead of spells such as Sylvan Scrying. This is because I need the creatures for my buffs, and although they are more expensive to cast, I don't mind the deck being a bit slower.

griffstick on Need help finding cards to …

3 years ago

Control Magic, Chamber of Manipulation, Parasitic Impetus, Abduction, Confiscate, corrupted conscious, Dream Leash, incase in ice, Enslave, Faith Unbroken, In Bolas's Clutches, Infinite Reflection, Lay Claim, Leaden Fists, Mind Control, Persuasion, Prison Term, Spectral Grasp, Spirit Away, take posession, Treachery, Vow of Duty, Vow of Flight, Vow of Lightning, vow of malace, Vow of Wildness, Weight of Conscience, Winter's Rest, Yavimaya's Embrace, Arrest, Bonds of Faith, Bound by Moonsilver, Bound in Silence, Cage of Hands, Cagemail, Captured by the Consulate, Caught in the Brights, Cessation, Choking Restraints, Crystallization, Demonic Torment, Desert's Hold, Dreadful Apathy, Faith's Fetters, Forced Worship, Hobble, Ice Cage, Kirtar's Desire, Krasis Incubation, Lawmage's Binding, Luminous Bonds, One Thousand Lashes, Pacifism, Pillory of the Sleepless, Recumbent Bliss, Revoke Privileges, Capture Sphere, Castaway's Despair, Charmed Sleep, Claustrophobia, Encrust, Malfunction, Mystic Restraints, Numbing Dose, Shackles, Sleep Paralysis, Stasis Cell, Unquenchable Thirst, Waterknot, Martial Impetus, Predatory Impetus, Psychic Impetus, shinny impetus, Darksteel Mutation, Deep Freeze, Frogify, Ichthyomorphosis, Imprisoned in the Moon, Kasmina's Transmutation, kenrith's transmutation, Lignify, One with the Stars, Reprobation, Song of the Dryads

and that's just auras

king-saproling on Sram Senior Edificer

4 years ago

You might like these: Flickering Ward, Open the Armory, Conqueror's Galleon  ^Flip, Darksteel Mutation, Reprobation, Cage of Hands, Captured by the Consulate, Coalition Flag, Strata Scythe, Champion's Helm, Hammer of Nazahn, Inquisitor's Flail, Fireshrieker, Spirit Mantle, Balan, Wandering Knight, Armory Automaton

king-saproling on Azorius police, don't move!

4 years ago

I dig that you really kept to the police theme! You might like these: Unquestioned Authority , Diplomatic Immunity , Council's Judgment , Spark Double , Keep Watch , Arrest , Cage of Hands

hienisms on Kykar the Enchantress

4 years ago

I think you need more Red spells: Molten Disaster , Sunbird's Invocation , Bitter Feud , Dictate of the Twin Gods , Crown of Flames / Ghitu Firebreathing , Words of War .

Also consider: Seal of Cleansing , Angelic Renewal , Cage of Hands , Disappear , Enduring Renewal , Fool's Demise , Flickering Ward , Sunken Hope , Words of Wind