Wall of Tanglecord
Artifact Creature — Wall
Defender
: This creature gains reach until end of turn. (It can block creatures with flying.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Scars of Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.39
- EDHREC rank
- #6755
Wall of Tanglecord blocks anything with reach and swings for meaningful damage under Arcades, the Strategist — that combination on a two-mana 0/6 is efficient enough to earn a slot. It's not flashy, but the stat-to-cost ratio is the whole point.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Arcades, the Strategist
Wall of Tanglecord appears in over half of all Arcades, the Strategist decks because Arcades converts toughness into power, turning a 0/6 into a 6-power attacker that also blanks most ground threats — reach just adds a second dimension of coverage.
The Pride of Hull Clade
The Pride of Hull Clade rewards high-toughness creatures with +1/+1 counters and combat bonuses, and Wall of Tanglecord's 6 toughness makes it one of the better targets for that distribution on turn two.
Felothar the Steadfast
Felothar the Steadfast cares about creatures surviving combat, and Wall of Tanglecord's reach plus bulk toughness means it routinely trades up or doesn't trade at all, keeping it in play long enough to matter.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Wall of Tanglecord is a role-player card, not a format staple — its home is Commander, specifically Arcades, the Strategist and other toughness-matters builds where a two-mana 0/6 with reach is genuinely above rate. In Pauper it's legal but competes with a deeper pool of efficient defenders and sees no meaningful play. Legacy and Vintage have it on the list purely by legality; no competitive shell there needs it. Commander is the only format where Wall of Tanglecord is a deliberate inclusion rather than an afterthought.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.39 bulk tier
At $0.39, Wall of Tanglecord is bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the card itself. Price stability here is essentially guaranteed; bulk commons and uncommons don't spike, and there's no crossover demand from competitive formats to change that.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Arcades, the Strategist
- The Pride of Hull Clade
- Felothar the Steadfast
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.