Heartless Act
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TCGplayer$0.16
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This printing
SetPLST
Collector #IKO-91
Released2024-08-02
Rarityuncommon
ArtistRyan Pancoast
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Heartless Act

UncommonColour IDMV 2
Instant
Choose one —
• Destroy target creature with no counters on it.
• Remove up to three counters from target creature.
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
4 other English printingsEarliest 2020-04-24Newest 2025-11-21Cheapest priced $0.19 in IKO
Rulings (4)
wotc2 Oct 2025
If you choose the second mode for Heartless Act, you choose which counters to remove from the creature, no matter who controls the creature. You may choose counters of different kinds.
wotc2 Oct 2025
If you choose the first mode and the creature gains a counter in response, you can't remove counters from it instead; the spell just doesn't resolve. Similarly, if you choose the second mode and the creature loses its counters in response, you can't destroy it instead.
wotc17 Apr 2020
If you choose the second mode for Heartless Act, you choose which counters to remove from the creature, no matter who controls the creature. You may choose counters of different kinds.
wotc17 Apr 2020
If you choose the first mode and the creature gains a counter in response, you can't remove counters from it instead; the spell just doesn't resolve. Similarly, if you choose the second mode and the creature loses its counters in response, you can't destroy it instead.