Crooked Scales
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This printing
SetMMQ
Collector #291
Released1999-10-04
Rarityrare
ArtistRon Spears
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Crooked Scales

RareMV 4
Artifact
, : Flip a coin. If you win the flip, destroy target creature an opponent controls. If you lose the flip, destroy target creature you control unless you pay and repeat this process.
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 2021-11-29Newest 2021-11-29Cheapest priced $0.88 in PLST
Rulings (2)
wotc4 Oct 2004
You choose both targets on activation, so you can only activate this when you can legally choose both targets.
wotc4 Oct 2004
If you pay the {3}, you do not choose a new pair of targets when it repeats. This means that if you lose the flip, you have the choice of having your creature destroyed or paying {3} to try again to win the flip. If you lose again, you get the same choice, and so on. You can keep trying to destroy your opponent’s creature as long as you have mana to pay.