Mercy Killing
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
ShadowmoorSHM · #231
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.44 € · ★ 2.09 € · 1.14 $ · ★ 9.03 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- White Green
Card text
Target creature's controller sacrifices it, then creates X 1/1 green and white Elf Warrior creature tokens, where X is that creature's power.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Dave Kendall
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2008-05-02
Flavour text
"We will give you the peace you seek, though you may not yet know you seek it."
Rulings
You target the creature that will be sacrificed when you cast Mercy Killing, then its controller (who may or may not be you) sacrifices it when Mercy Killing resolves. Because this is a sacrifice, neither regeneration nor indestructible will save the creature.
