Crooked Scales

Artifact    (CMC:4)

, : Choose target creature you control and target creature an opponent controls. Flip a coin. If you win the flip, destroy the creature the opponent controls. If you lose the flip, destroy the creature you control unless you pay and reflip the coin.

291 MM • ENRon Spears

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Legal in: Masques Block,Legacy,Vintage,Commander

Oracle Text (click to copy):

Crooked Scales {4} 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.

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10/4/2004
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.
10/4/2004
You choose both targets on activation, so you can only activate this when you can legally choose both targets.

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