Neko-Te
Artifact — Equipment
Whenever equipped creature deals damage to a creature, tap that creature. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as this Equipment remains on the battlefield.
Whenever equipped creature deals damage to a player, that player loses 1 life.
Equip 
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Betrayers of Kamigawa
- Price
- $4.99
- EDHREC rank
- #18417
Neko-Te taps target creature and prevents it from untapping — stapling a repeatable soft-lock onto any creature with a tap ability is the entire reason you run it. The equip cost of four is real, but in any strategy that generates repeated tap triggers, the card earns it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Neko-Te actually gets to work: tap-ability commanders and untap-matters strategies can turn its persistent tapping into a lock piece that opponents have to answer or play around every turn. In Legacy and Vintage it's a legal curiosity — four mana to equip is glacial in those formats and the effect doesn't close games, so it never sees play. Oathbreaker is the same story as Commander in miniature, slightly faster games, but the tap-lock angle remains viable if your planeswalker leans on creature suppression.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$4.99 cheap tier
At $4.99, Neko-Te sits at the low end of the price range for a niche Commander piece — cheap enough to slot in without deliberation. It's a narrow card with a small audience, so don't expect the price to move much in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.