Tweeze
Instant
Tweeze deals 3 damage to any target. You may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #18792
Tweeze trades one of your opponent's creatures for two 1/1 tokens, giving you card presence on the board at instant speed for two mana. It's a tempo-positive removal spell in go-wide and token strategies, and a bulk rare you should already own.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Tweeze earns its slot in token and aristocrats builds where the two bodies generated matter as much as the removal — think sacrifice fodder, anthem targets, or convoke fuel. In Pauper, it's available but competes hard against more efficient removal like Doom Blade and Cast Down, so it rarely makes the cut. Across Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, and Vintage, Tweeze is too slow and narrow to see meaningful play; two mana at sorcery speed for a conditional removal spell with a minor upside doesn't reach the bar in those formats.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Tweeze is deep bulk — you'll find copies in any common box or throw-in trade. That price isn't going anywhere; the card sees virtually no competitive play, so there's no demand pressure to push it up.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.