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.

Set: Mercadian Masques (MMQ #291)
Rarity: Rare
Mana value: 4
Released: 1999-10-04
Artist: Ron Spears
EDHREC rank: #14,537
Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil
Served from: Local database

Commander bracket

1 +

Fits any bracket

No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.40

How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.

Removal

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Format legality

Standard Not legal

Pioneer Not legal

Modern Not legal

Legacy Legal

Vintage Legal

Pauper Not legal

Commander Legal

Oathbreaker Legal

Duel Commander Legal

Brawl Not legal

Standard Brawl Not legal

Historic Not legal

Timeless Not legal

Alchemy Not legal

Penny Not legal

Premodern Legal

PreDH Legal

Pauper EDH Not legal

Old School Not legal

Future Not legal

Gladiator Not legal

All printings Scryfall ↗Gatherer ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

2004-10-04
If you pay the , 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 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.