Tip the Scales

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Tip the Scales: Sorcery, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. Sacrifice a creature. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{B}
Mana value
3
Type
Sorcery
Colour identity
Black (B)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
Released
2025-04-11
Collector number
29
Artist
Volkan Baǵa
Commander rank
8,014 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Tip the Scales

Tip the Scales is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black sorcery from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 29 in that set, with art by Volkan Baǵa. It costs {2}{B} (two generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.31 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Sacrifice a creature. When you do, all creatures get -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the sacrificed creature's toughness.

"Remember, wait till they're near the top. We don't just want them gone-we want them demoralized." -Vennra, earthcarver tactician

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.31 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Tip the Scales by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Tip the Scales

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC) #69Rare2025

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Tip the Scales, newest first.

  • You don’t choose which creature to sacrifice until Tip the Scales resolves. You must sacrifice exactly one creature if you control one at that time. Doing so causes a “reflexive” ability to trigger. Players may respond to that ability knowing the value of X.
  • Use the sacrificed creature’s toughness as it last existed on the battlefield to determine the value of X.

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