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Heartless Act

Black

5 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Heartless Act, Avatar: The Last Airbender printing
Avatar: The Last Airbender TLA · No. 103 2025-11-21

Card text

{1}{B}
Instant
Choose one — • Destroy target creature with no counters on it. • Remove up to three counters from target creature.
"Put a muzzle on him!" —Si Wong Sandbender
EDHREC rank #4798 Uncommon Not on the Reserved List
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Standard ✓ Legal
Pioneer ✓ Legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ✓ Legal
Historic ✓ Legal
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ✓ Legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ✓ Legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

4 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

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.

2020-04-17 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2020-04-17 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2025-10-02 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2025-10-02 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Heartless Act, Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths printing
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths
IKO · #366
Uncommon
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
Merchant's Shop · Condition LP