Culling Scales
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SetMRD
Collector #160
Released2003-10-02
Rarityrare
ArtistDaren Bader
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Culling Scales

RareMV 3
Artifact
At the beginning of your upkeep, destroy target nonland permanent with the lowest mana value. (If two or more permanents are tied for lowest, target any one of them.)
Card capabilities
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Format legality
Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (4)
wotc1 Dec 2004
Most tokens have a mana value of 0. A token that's a copy of another permanent or card has a mana value equal to that permanent or card's mana value.
wotc1 Dec 2004
If the lowest mana value is 3, Culling Scales can destroy itself.
wotc1 Dec 2004
If the targeted permanent doesn't have the lowest mana value when the ability resolves, the ability doesn't resolve and the permanent isn't destroyed.
wotc1 Dec 2004
You choose the target. If there's more than one nonland permanent tied for lowest mana value, you choose which one to target.
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