Mercy Killing
Instant
SHMShadowmoor#231uncommon
Foil
"We will give you the peace you seek, though you may not yet know you seek it."
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2003
- Pull rate
- about 2 per booster–1 in 1422
- Illustrator
- Dave Kendall
- Found in
- Shadowmoor Theme Deck Turnabout · Shadowmoor MTGO Redemption Foil · 3 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Target creature's controller sacrifices it, then creates X 1/1 green and white Elf Warrior creature tokens, where X is that creature's power.
Plays as: Creature Token Maker
Market · per finishspark updated 6h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-2.0%
$1.50
$0.24 low$0.14 gap
Foil+0.0%
$9.08
$6.36 low$1.36 gap
Finish
Market
Δ 7D · Trend
Low
Buylist
Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$1.50as of 2026-07-12
-2.0%
H $5.77L $0.35since Feb 2024$0.24
$0.10
$0.14+58% · normal spread
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Foil
$9.08as of 2026-07-12
+0.0%
H $10.25L $4.60since Feb 2024$6.36
$5.00
$1.36+21% · normal spread
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Cheapest playable copy$0.28· across 2 printings
Rulings
1 · latest Jul 1, 2013 · one tap opens all
- WotCJul 1, 2013
You target the creature that will be sacrificed when you cast Mercy Killing, then its controller (who may or may not be you) sacrifices it when Mercy Killing resolves. Because this is a sacrifice, neither regeneration nor indestructible will save the creature.