---
name: "Culling Scales"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "MRD"
set_name: "Mirrodin"
collector_number: "160"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Daren Bader"
oracle_id: "ec4f2266-3e8e-4194-8f06-d95ebc543661"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/culling-scales-mrd"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Culling Scales
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
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.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Purging Scythe](/printing/purging-scythe-usg.md) — Artifact
2. [Culling Ritual](/printing/culling-ritual-cmm.md) — Sorcery
3. [Culling Sun](/printing/culling-sun-gpt.md) — Sorcery
4. [Porphyry Nodes](/printing/porphyry-nodes-plc.md) — Enchantment
5. [Eliminate](/printing/eliminate-m21.md) — Instant
6. [Drop of Honey](/printing/drop-of-honey-arn.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirrodin (MRD) #160
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Daren Bader
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`