Tangle Tumbler
Artifact — Vehicle
Vigilance
, 
: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Tap two untapped tokens you control: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Bloomburrow
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #16946
Tangle Tumbler taxes opponents for attacking with multiple creatures, turning wide boards into a resource drain every combat step. Three mana for a static punishment effect is efficient, but the impact scales entirely with how aggressive your table is.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Tangle Tumbler is a Commander card through and through — the multiplayer table means three opponents can trigger it every turn, and go-wide strategies are everywhere in the format. In 1v1 formats like Modern, Pioneer, or Legacy, it punishes token and aggro shells but faces the problem that faster, more direct answers exist at the same price point. Standard could support it in a defensive shell, but the effect is too slow to matter in most constructed queues. Stick to Commander, where Tangle Tumbler earns its seat in any deck that wants to tax combat without spending cards.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Tangle Tumbler is pure bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a repeatable combat tax. Bulk rares with narrow applications rarely climb without a competitive breakout, and this one's ceiling is a casual Commander staple, so don't expect movement.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.