Printings
Crooked Scales
Card Information
Type: Artifact
Mana Cost: 4
CMC: 4
Part of the Reserved List: No
Set: Mercadian Masques (MMQ)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 291
Oracle Text
{4}, {T}: 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 {3} and repeat this process.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- October 4, 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.
Source: wotc - October 4, 2004
You choose both targets on activation, so you can only activate this when you can legally choose both targets.
Source: wotc
Price History
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