Culling Scales
Card Information
Type: Artifact
Mana Cost: 3
CMC: 3
Part of the Reserved List: No
Set: Mirrodin (MRD)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 160
Oracle Text
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.)
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- December 1, 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.
Source: wotc - December 1, 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.
Source: wotc - December 1, 2004
If the lowest mana value is 3, Culling Scales can destroy itself.
Source: wotc - December 1, 2004
You choose the target. If there's more than one nonland permanent tied for lowest mana value, you choose which one to target.
Source: wotc
Price History
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