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◇ Catalog #122

Merciless Resolve

DIGITAL ONLY

sir·#122·common·nonfoil

Illus. Chase Stone

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wishlisted

Mar '23

3 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #18,447 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Instant

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or land. Draw two cards.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2016-04-08wotc

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.

2016-04-08wotc

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.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SIR — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #122 of *Shadows over Innistrad Remastered*, the set that shipped alongside the March 2023 Shadows over Innistrad Remastered release.

Card type: Instant, color identity black, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {2}{B} (3 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #18,447 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Chase Stone. Rarix catalogs 593 other cards credited to this artist.