Scalding Tongs
- Mana cost
- {2}
- Type
- Artifact
- Set
- Tempest #307 (rare)
- Price
- $0.47 USD
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have three or fewer cards in hand, this artifact deals 1 damage to target opponent or planeswalker.
Scalding Tongs has 1 printing, first in Tempest (1997). EDHREC ranks it #30,772 among Commander cards. It appears most in L'Rell, Fierce Visionary decks (1 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Scalding Tongs most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- L'Rell, Fierce Visionary: 1 decks
Often played with Scalding Tongs
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : It checks the number of cards in your hand at the beginning of upkeep and does not trigger at all if you have more than three. It checks again on resolution and does not deal damage unless you still have 3 or fewer cards.
- : You target one opposing player each time the ability triggers.