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Heartless Act

Heartless Act

{1}{B}

Instant

Choose one —

• Destroy target creature with no counters on it.

• Remove up to three counters from target creature.

"It's them or us." —General Kudro

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Ikoria: Lair of BehemothsIkoria: Lair of Behemoths#91·Uncommon·English
Nov 11, 2026
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Rulings

Apr 17, 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.

Apr 17, 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.