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Crooked ScalesHow it works & interactions with other cards

By the ManaCount desk· 2 min read· Mercadian Masques· October 4, 1999
Carte Magic Crooked Scales

Crooked Scales 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.

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Official card 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.

How it works : Crooked Scales

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

  1. #1· Wizards of the Coast

    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.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  2. #2· Wizards of the Coast

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

    No other card is named in this ruling.

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Legal formats

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