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Culling Scales

Culling Scales

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Artifact

At the beginning of your upkeep, destroy target nonland permanent with the lowest converted mana cost. (If two or more permanents are tied for lowest cost, target any one of them.)

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MirrodinMirrodin#160·Rare·English
Oct 22, 2026
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Legality

LegalCommanderNot legalStandardLegalModernNot legalPremodernLegalLegacyLegalVintageNot legalBrawlNot legalPioneer
LegalOathbreaker
Not legalPauperNot legalHistoric
Not legalTimeless

Rulings

Dec 1, 2004

You choose the target. If there’s more than one nonland permanent tied for lowest converted mana cost, you choose which one to target.

Dec 1, 2004

If the targeted permanent doesn’t have the lowest converted mana cost when the ability resolves, the ability doesn’t resolve and the permanent isn’t destroyed.

Dec 1, 2004

Most tokens have a converted mana cost of 0. A token that’s a copy of another permanent or card has a converted mana cost equal to that permanent or card’s converted mana cost.

Dec 1, 2004

If the lowest converted mana cost is 3, Culling Scales can destroy itself.