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.
"Put a muzzle on him!"
—Si Wong Sandbender
Details
Legalities
Rulings
  • 2020-04-17 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 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 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 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.
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Foreign names
  • 无情手段
  • 無情手段
  • Herzloser Akt
  • Acte cruel
  • Atto Spietato
  • 無情な行動
  • 비정한 행동
  • Ato Cruel
  • Бессердечное Деяние
  • Acto desalmado