Price$0.50 – $9.77
Buy on TCGplayerBig Score
Instant
LegalRampCard DrawRank #161
, KeywordsTreasure
Why is this card good?
Big Score is one of red's best "draw plus ramp" instants, and that combination is exactly why it's so widely played.
For 4 mana you draw two cards and net two Treasures, effectively refunding two mana while fixing colors and enabling explosive turns. The discard is genuinely upside in the right shells — pitch a fattie or a flashback/escape card instead of a dead draw.
Wants it:
- Any red deck needing card advantage (red's traditional weakness).
- Artifacts/Treasure synergy decks: Treasures feed sacrifice payoffs, affinity, and improvise.
- Storm/spellslinger decks: instant speed, ritual-adjacent mana, and a card-draw count.
- Big-mana ramp commanders (Prosper, Magda, Mr. House) that monetize Treasures.
When NOT to play it: Low-curve aggro decks that don't care about Treasures or card advantage get a better deal from cheaper draw. The discard also stings if your hand is empty or all gas — it's worst when you're behind.
A flexible, near-default include for any red midrange or combo deck.
Related cards
Unexpected Windfall
Nearly identical: discard a card, draw two, make two Treasures.
Wing It
Variant of Big Score with similar draw-two-and-Treasures effect.
Deadly Dispute
Cheap instant draw two plus a Treasure off a sacrifice.
Sign in Blood
Efficient instant-speed two-card draw for red-adjacent decks.
Reckless Impulse
Red card advantage generating extra mana value impulsively.
Jeska's Will
Red burst draw and ramp in one card.
Seize the Spoils
Discard a card to draw two and make a Treasure.
Light Up the Stage
Red impulse draw of two cards at a discount.
Printings (14)
Played by these commanders
Terra, Herald of Hope100% of 2
Shiko and Narset, Unified100% of 1
Rootha, Mastering the Moment100% of 1
Bello, Bard of the Brambles100% of 1
Stella Lee, Wild Card100% of 1
Combos (8)
- Zirda, the Dawnwaker + Sunforger + Big Score + Jeska's Will + Tomb Trawler
→ Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite storm count, Near-infinite self-discard triggers
- Zirda, the Dawnwaker + Sunforger + Big Score + Jeska's Will + Barkform Harvester
→ Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite storm count, Near-infinite self-discard triggers
- Zirda, the Dawnwaker + Sunforger + Big Score + Jeska's Will + Reito Sentinel
→ Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite storm count, Near-infinite self-discard triggers
- Zirda, the Dawnwaker + Sunforger + Big Score + Jeska's Will + Epitaph Golem
→ Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite storm count, Near-infinite self-discard triggers
- Zirda, the Dawnwaker + Sunforger + Big Score + Jeska's Will + Hoverstone Pilgrim
→ Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite storm count, Near-infinite self-discard triggers
- Zirda, the Dawnwaker + Sunforger + Big Score + Jeska's Will + Soldevi Digger
→ Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite self-discard triggers, Near-infinite magecraft triggers