Scale the Heights
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Zendikar RisingZNR · #202
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.19 € · ★ 0.20 € · 0.14 $ · ★ 0.37 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Green
Card 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.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Cristi Balanescu
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2020-09-25
Flavour text
"Ever onward, ever skyward."
Rulings
If you choose a target creature and it’s an illegal target by the time Scale the Heights tries to resolve, the spell doesn’t resolve. You don’t gain life, draw a card, or get to play an additional land.
The permission to play lands is cumulative with other effects that allow you to play additional lands, such as that of Nahiri’s Lithoforming.
You don’t play a land as Scale the Heights resolves; Scale the Heights fully resolves first and you draw a card, perhaps including a land you’ll play later. If it’s not your turn, you won’t be able to play a land this turn at all.
