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Merciless Resolve

{2}{B}

Instant

SOIShadows over Innistrad#123common
Foil

"You sought to anger me, Nahiri. Soon you will see how well you have succeeded."

Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 889
Illustrator
Chase Stone
Found in
Shadows over Innistrad MTGO Redemption · Shadows over Innistrad MTGO Redemption Foil · 3 more
Printings3
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or land. Draw two cards.

Plays as: Card Draw

Market · per finishspark updated 4h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.07
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.20
$0.10 low$0.02 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.07· across 3 printings

Rulings

2 · latest Apr 8, 2016 · one tap opens all
  • WotCApr 8, 2016

    Players can respond to this spell only after it’s been cast and all its costs have been paid. No one can try to destroy the creature or land you sacrificed to stop you from casting this spell or to make you sacrifice a different one.

  • WotCApr 8, 2016

    You must sacrifice exactly one creature or land to cast Merciless Resolve. You can’t cast it without sacrificing a permanent, and you can’t sacrifice additional permanents.