Name
Heartless Act

Mana Cost

Type
Instant

Set
Commander Masters

Rarity
Uncommon

Text

Choose one —
• Destroy target creature with no counters on it.
• Remove up to three counters from target creature.


Flavor Text

"It's them or us."
—General Kudro


Number
#166

Other Prints
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths
The List
Avatar: The Last Airbender

Legal Formats
Alchemy | Brawl | Commander | Duel | Future | Gladiator | Historic | Legacy | Modern | Oathbreaker | Penny | Pioneer | Standard | Standard Brawl | Timeless | Vintage

Availability
Magic Online | Paper

Rulings

(02/10/2025)
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.


(17/04/2020)
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.


(02/10/2025)
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.


(17/04/2020)
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.


Artist
Ryan Pancoast

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