Name
Crooked Scales
Mana Cost
Type
Artifact
Set
Mercadian Masques
Rarity
Rare
Text
, : 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.
Number
#291
Other Prints
The List
Legal Formats
Commander | Duel | Legacy | Oathbreaker | Premodern | Vintage
Availability
Magic Online | Paper
Rulings
(04/10/2004)
If you pay the , 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 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.
(04/10/2004)
You choose both targets on activation, so you can only activate this when you can legally choose both targets.
Artist
Ron Spears
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