If you pay the {3}, you do not choose a new pair of targets when it repeats. This means that if you lose the flip, you have the choice of having your creature destroyed or paying {3} to try again to win the flip. If you lose again, you get the same choice, and so on. You can keep trying to destroy your opponent’s creature as long as you have mana to pay.
You choose both targets on activation, so you can only activate this when you can legally choose both targets.
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $55.99. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $2.69 and $55.99 across 44 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from MMQ — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
Card #291 of *Mercadian Masques*, the set that shipped alongside the October 1999 Mercadian Masques release.
Card type: Artifact, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {4} (4 converted).
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #14,135 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Ron Spears. Rarix catalogs 438 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Ron Spears
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