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Merciless Javelineer
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
AmonkhetAKH · #202
- Card type
- Creature — Minotaur Warrior
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.08 € · ★ 0.35 € · 0.17 $ · ★ 0.69 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Power
- 4
- Toughness
- 2
- Colour
- Black Red
Card text
, Discard a card: Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature. That creature can't block this turn.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- 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
- Nils Hamm
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2017-04-28
Flavour text
"My mind is the calm in the midst of the storm, and my javelin the lightning."
Rulings
Once a creature has blocked, Merciless Javelineer’s ability can’t undo that block.
The target creature won’t be able to block even if the -1/-1 counter is removed from it or if the -1/-1 counter can’t be put on it.
