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Merciless Resolve
CommonColour IDMV 3
Instant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or land.
Draw two cards.
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
Eternal formats
Other printings
2 other English printingsEarliest 2016-04-08Newest 2019-11-07Cheapest priced $0.07 in SOI
Rulings (2)
wotc8 Apr 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.
wotc8 Apr 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.
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