Big Score is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Complete guide
Big Score is a powerful red instant that allows you to cycle through your deck while building up your mana reserves. By trading a card from your hand and some mana upfront, you gain both card advantage and explosive potential for future turns.
Understanding the Costs
Big Score has an additional cost: you must discard a card to cast it. This means you cannot cast Big Score if it is the only card in your hand. If the spell is countered, you do not get the discarded card back, as the cost was already paid to put the spell on the stack.
Step-by-Step Resolution
First, you perform the actions in the order they are printed on the card. You draw two cards from your library. Immediately after drawing, you create two Treasure tokens. These tokens enter the battlefield untapped and are ready to be used for mana immediately.
When to Cast Big Score
Since Big Score is an instant, the best time to play it is often at the end of your opponent's turn. This allows you to keep your mana open for reactive spells. If you don't need to react, you can cast Big Score to set up a massive play on your following turn using the two Treasure tokens.
Common Mistakes
A common error is forgetting that Big Score does not target. Because it doesn't use the word 'target,' your opponent cannot use spells like Deflecting Swat to change who draws the cards or receives the Treasures. The person who cast Big Score will always be the one to resolve its effects.
Interaction examples
Deflecting SwatIf you cast Big Score and your opponent responds with Deflecting Swat, they will find that Deflecting Swat has no effect on Big Score. Since Big Score does not target any players or permanents, there are no targets for Deflecting Swat to change. You will still draw the two cards and create the two Treasure tokens.
Chaos WarpImagine you have a powerful permanent on the board and your opponent casts Chaos Warp to remove it. In response, you can cast Big Score. You pay the mana and discard a card as a cost. Big Score resolves first, giving you two new cards and two Treasures. You can then immediately sacrifice those Treasures to generate mana to cast whatever permanent you might reveal from the top of your library after Chaos Warp resolves.
TreasureAfter Big Score resolves, you have two Treasure tokens on the battlefield. Each Treasure is an artifact that can be tapped and sacrificed to add one mana of any color to your mana pool. This effectively means that Big Score only 'costs' two mana in the long run, as it refunds two mana in the form of tokens.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Big Score
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
No additional ruling has been published for this card.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Zirda, the Dawnwaker + Sunforger + Big Score + Jeska's Will
- 1Activate Sunforger by paying
and unattaching it, searching your library for Jeska's Will and casting it without paying its mana cost, adding at least six . - 2Activate Sunforger's equip ability by paying
, attaching it to Zirda. - 3Activate Sunforger by paying and unattaching it, searching your library for Big Score and casting it without paying its mana cost and discarding a card.
- 4Resolve Big Score, causing you to draw two cards and create two Treasures.
- 5Activate Sunforger's equip ability by paying , attaching it to Zirda.
- 6Activate Tomb Trawler twice by paying
, putting Big Score and Jeska's Will from your graveyard onto the bottom of your library. - 7Activate two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 8Repeat.
Zirda, the Dawnwaker + Sunforger + Big Score + Jeska's Will
- 1Activate Sunforger by paying and unattaching it, searching your library for Jeska's Will and casting it without paying its mana cost, adding at least six .
- 2Activate Sunforger's equip ability by paying , attaching it to Zirda.
- 3Activate Sunforger by paying and unattaching it, searching your library for Big Score and casting it without paying its mana cost and discarding a card.
- 4Resolve Big Score, causing you to draw two cards and create two Treasures.
- 5Activate Sunforger's equip ability by paying , attaching it to Zirda.
- 6Activate Barkform Harvester twice by paying , putting Big Score and Jeska's Will from your graveyard onto the bottom of your library.
- 7Activate two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 8Repeat.
Zirda, the Dawnwaker + Sunforger + Big Score + Jeska's Will
- 1Activate Sunforger by paying and unattaching it, searching your library for Jeska's Will and casting it without paying its mana cost, adding at least six .
- 2Activate Sunforger's equip ability by paying , attaching it to Zirda.
- 3Activate Sunforger by paying and unattaching it, searching your library for Big Score and casting it without paying its mana cost and discarding a card.
- 4Resolve Big Score, causing you to draw two cards and create two Treasures.
- 5Activate Sunforger's equip ability by paying , attaching it to Zirda.
- 6Activate Reito Sentinel twice by paying , putting Big Score and Jeska's Will from your graveyard onto the bottom of your library.
- 7Activate two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 8Repeat.
Zirda, the Dawnwaker + Sunforger + Big Score + Jeska's Will
- 1Activate Sunforger by paying and unattaching it, searching your library for Jeska's Will and casting it without paying its mana cost, adding at least six .
- 2Activate Sunforger's equip ability by paying , attaching it to Zirda.
- 3Activate Sunforger by paying and unattaching it, searching your library for Big Score and casting it without paying its mana cost and discarding a card.
- 4Resolve Big Score, causing you to draw two cards and create two Treasures.
- 5Activate Sunforger's equip ability by paying , attaching it to Zirda.
- 6Activate Epitaph Golem twice by paying , putting Big Score and Jeska's Will from your graveyard onto the bottom of your library.
- 7Activate two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 8Repeat.
Zirda, the Dawnwaker + Sunforger + Big Score + Jeska's Will
- 1Activate Sunforger by paying and unattaching it, searching your library for Jeska's Will and casting it without paying its mana cost, adding at least six .
- 2Activate Sunforger's equip ability by paying , attaching it to Zirda.
- 3Activate Sunforger by paying and unattaching it, searching your library for Big Score and casting it without paying its mana cost and discarding a card.
- 4Resolve Big Score, causing you to draw two cards and create two Treasures.
- 5Activate Sunforger's equip ability by paying , attaching it to Zirda.
- 6Activate Soldevi Digger twice by paying , putting Big Score and Jeska's Will from your graveyard onto the bottom of your library.
- 7Activate two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 8Repeat.
Zirda, the Dawnwaker + Sunforger + Big Score + Jeska's Will
- 1Activate Sunforger by paying and unattaching it, searching your library for Jeska's Will and casting it without paying its mana cost, adding at least six .
- 2Activate Sunforger's equip ability by paying , attaching it to Zirda.
- 3Activate Sunforger by paying and unattaching it, searching your library for Big Score and casting it without paying its mana cost and discarding a card.
- 4Resolve Big Score, causing you to draw two cards and create two Treasures.
- 5Activate Sunforger's equip ability by paying , attaching it to Zirda.
- 6Activate Hoverstone Pilgrim twice by paying , putting Big Score and Jeska's Will from your graveyard onto the bottom of your library.
- 7Activate two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 8Repeat.
Zirda, the Dawnwaker + Sunforger + Big Score + Jeska's Will
- 1Activate Sunforger by paying and unattaching it, searching your library for Jeska's Will and casting it without paying its mana cost, adding at least six .
- 2Activate Sunforger's equip ability by paying , attaching it to Zirda.
- 3Activate Sunforger by paying and unattaching it, searching your library for Big Score and casting it without paying its mana cost and discarding a card.
- 4Resolve Big Score, causing you to draw two cards and create two Treasures.
- 5Activate Sunforger's equip ability by paying , attaching it to Zirda.
- 6Activate Reito Lantern twice by paying , putting Big Score and Jeska's Will from your graveyard onto the bottom of your library.
- 7Activate two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 8Repeat.
Zirda, the Dawnwaker + Sunforger + Big Score + Jeska's Will
- 1Activate Sunforger by paying and unattaching it, searching your library for Jeska's Will and casting it without paying its mana cost, adding at least six .
- 2Activate Sunforger's equip ability by paying , attaching it to Zirda.
- 3Activate Sunforger by paying and unattaching it, searching your library for Big Score and casting it without paying its mana cost and discarding a card.
- 4Resolve Big Score, causing you to draw two cards and create two Treasures.
- 5Activate Sunforger's equip ability by paying , attaching it to Zirda.
- 6Activate Transplant Theorist twice by paying , putting Big Score and Jeska's Will from your graveyard onto the bottom of your library.
- 7Activate two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 8Repeat.
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