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Merciless Resolve
Instant
common
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or land. Draw two cards.
Semantic Tags
Puts additional cards into your hand. Includes direct draw, 'look/reveal and put into hand' effects, and conditional draw triggers.
Broadly benefits from sacrificing permanents — overlaps aristocrats but includes non-creature sacrifice.
Lets you sacrifice your own creatures or permanents for value. Key enabler for aristocrats strategies.
Lets you sacrifice your own creatures or permanents for value. Key enabler for aristocrats strategies.
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Printings (3)
| Set | Rarity | TCGplayer | Card Kingdom | Cardmarket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadows over Innistrad Remastered#122 | common | · | · | · |
| The List#SOI-123 | common | · | · | · |
| Shadows over Innistrad#123 | common | · | · | · |
Rulings
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.
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.