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Bala Ged Scorpion

Creature — Scorpion3 generic manaBlack mana

The narrow target is the entire design: a removal trigger that only reaches creatures with power 1 or less, which means mana dorks, one-drop hatebears, token chaff, and the assorted utility one-power bodies that quietly run a deck's engine. The 2/3 body is the quiet half of the bargain: even in games where the trigger whiffs because nobody is fielding a one-power creature, you are left with a fairly priced blocker rather than a dead card. That insurance is what separates this kind of common-rarity removal-on-a-stick from the strictly conditional spells that ask for a specific board state and give you nothing when it is absent. The targeting clause is written as "may," so the trigger never forces you to spend it on a creature you would rather leave alive, and an empty board simply costs you nothing. It is a deliberately humble card: an answer to the small creatures that grind out attrition wars, stapled to a stat line that keeps the card relevant on the turns that answer is not needed.

Bala Ged Scorpion (ima)
IMA · #79common
Pricing
Normal: $0.06
Foil: $0.06
Oracle Text

Rules text

When this creature enters, you may destroy target creature with power 1 or less.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
Legal
Pauper Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
N/A
Printings elsewhere

Other printings

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