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Culling Scales

{3}

Artifact

MRDMirrodin#160rare
Foil
Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 6160
Illustrator
Daren Bader
Found in
Mirrodin MTGO Redemption · Mirrodin MTGO Redemption Foil · 2 more
Printings1
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
At the beginning of your upkeep, destroy target nonland permanent with the lowest mana value. (If two or more permanents are tied for lowest, target any one of them.)

Plays as: Planeswalker Removal · Spot Removal

Market · per finishspark updated 6h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.53
$0.22 low$0.17 gap
Foil+0.0%
$3.98
$1.32 low$0.57 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.53· across 1 printing

Rulings

4 · latest Dec 1, 2004 · one tap opens all
  • WotCDec 1, 2004

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

  • WotCDec 1, 2004

    If the targeted permanent doesn't have the lowest mana value when the ability resolves, the ability doesn't resolve and the permanent isn't destroyed.

  • WotCDec 1, 2004

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

  • WotCDec 1, 2004

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

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