Crooked Scales - Artifact

Mercadian Masques · 1999

Market Prices

$1.14median

Priced for the Mercadian Masques printing — select another in “Printings & Editions” below to re-price.

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Legality

PremodernLEGAL
Full Scryfall Data
Mercadian Masques{4}

Crooked Scales

Artifact

{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.

Printings & Editions

Premodern-legal editions of Crooked Scales — old-border printings plus any period-appropriate foil promos (Arena/Judge, through Scourge). Hover to preview an edition on the card; click to select it.

Old-border editions + pre-Scourge promo foils (Arena/Judge). Modern-frame reprints (8th Edition onward) exist but are not period-appropriate printings.

Critical Rulings

"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."

2004-10-04

"You choose both targets on activation, so you can only activate this when you can legally choose both targets."

2004-10-04

Price History

91d · USD
$1.14 31.0%

Tracks this card’s preferred printing: the old-border edition shown by default (block-expansion printings first, e.g. Urza’s, Tempest, Mirage). It doesn’t re-price when you select a different edition above. Per-edition history is planned.

$1.23$1.04$0.86
03/1804/1705/1806/18

Decks playing Crooked Scales (0)

No mainboard decks match.