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Scale the Heights

Sorcery2 generic manaGreen mana

Four effects stacked onto a single green sorcery, and the interesting part is how modest each one is. A single +1/+1 counter, two life, one extra land drop, one card. None of those lines would justify a card on its own, and the counter is optional (up to one target) so the spell never bricks when the board is empty. What holds it together is that every clause forwards the same green plan: develop the mana, grow the board, keep the hand stocked. The extra land drop is the clause doing the quiet work, because it turns the card from a small value spell into a ramp enabler, provided you have the second land to play. This is the ranger's-eye school of green cantrip design, where card advantage is bundled with permanent mana growth rather than sold separately, and the counter and lifegain are there to smooth the floor when you draw it in a spot with no land to unload. A card that reads as a pile of small numbers but is really one coherent tempo-neutral advance: replace itself, nudge the board, and push you a land ahead of the curve.

Scale the Heights (j22)
J22 · #724common
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Normal: $0.25
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Oracle Text

Rules text

Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature. You gain 2 life. You may play an additional land this turn. Draw a card.
Legalities

Format Status

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