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Scalding Tongs

First printed in Tempest (1997)

Scalding Tongs

Artifact

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.

"This has nothing to do with what you know and everything to do with what I wish."
—Volrath

Illustrated by
Randy Gallegos

Legality

Rulings (2)

  • 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.

Prices

MTGO price: 0.25 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).

Premodern In 1 of 707 decks (0.1%), most in Sligh

Share of decks
0.1%
▲ 0.1 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-10: 0.0% 2026-08-17: 0.0% 2026-08-24: 0.0% 2026-08-31: 0.0% 2026-09-07: 0.0% 2026-09-14: 0.0% 2026-09-21: 0.0% 2026-09-28: 0.0% 2026-10-05: 0.0% 2026-10-12: 0.0% 2026-10-19: 0.7% 2026-10-26: 0.0%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
1
1 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
4.0
in the main deck
Win rate
–
0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Sligh 7.2% 2%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

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