Balance

Magic: The GatheringForeign White Border#3

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Card type: Sorcery
Rarity: Rare

Non-foil

Price unavailable

Mana value: 2
Colour: White

Card text

Each player chooses a number of lands they control equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players discard cards and sacrifice creatures the same way.

Format legality

CommanderBanned
Duel CommanderBanned
Pauper CommanderNot provided
StandardNot provided
PioneerNot provided
ModernNot provided
LegacyBanned
VintageRestricted
PauperNot provided
AlchemyNot provided
BrawlNot provided
Competitive BrawlNot provided
Historic BrawlNot provided
Standard BrawlNot provided
ExplorerNot provided
HistoricNot provided
TimelessNot provided
GladiatorNot provided
OathbreakerBanned
Old SchoolRestricted
Penny DreadfulNot provided
PreDHBanned
PremodernBanned
Tiny Leaders RebornNot provided
Future StandardNot provided

Updated on November 10, 2026

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Printing information

Illustrator: Mark Poole
Card language: fr
Release date: 1994-04-11

Rulings

2016-06-08

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.

2016-06-08

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.

2016-06-08

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.