Balance
 
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Community Rating: 4.907 / 5  (75 votes)
Card Name:
Balance
Mana Cost:
1White
Mana Value:
2
Types:
Sorcery
Card Text:
Whichever player has more lands in play must discard enough lands of his or her choice to equalize the number of lands both players have in play. Cards in hand and creatures in play must be equalized the same way. Creatures lost in this manner may not be regenerated.
Rarity:
Rare
All Sets:
Limited Edition Alpha (Rare)
Limited Edition Beta (Rare)
Unlimited Edition (Rare)
Revised Edition (Rare)
Fourth Edition (Rare)
From the Vault: Exiled (Mythic Rare)
Masters Edition IV (Rare)
Vintage Masters (Mythic Rare)
Eternal Masters (Mythic Rare)
Artist:
Language:
English
Rulings
6/8/2016 First the player whose turn it is chooses which lands (if any) to keep, then each other player in turn order does the same. Each player will know the choices made by the players who chose before them. All of the unchosen lands are then sacrificed simultaneously. Then the process is repeated for cards in hand, except that no cards are revealed until all players have chosen what to discard, at which point those cards are all discarded simultaneously. Lastly, the process is repeated for creatures, and players will again know earlier choices made when deciding what to sacrifice. All of the unchosen creatures are then sacrificed simultaneously.
6/8/2016 Balance doesn't have targets, so permanents that can't be targeted, such as a creature with shroud or protection from white, are valid choices to be sacrificed.
6/8/2016 Each type of object is counted during the corresponding part of the process. Cards in hand are counted after lands have been sacrificed, and creatures on the battlefield are counted after cards have been discarded. Thus, a land creature sacrificed to the first part of the spell would not be counted when determining how many creatures are on the battlefield for the last part.
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