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Merciless Resolve

First printed in Shadows over Innistrad (2016)

All 3 prints

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Merciless Resolve

Instant

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or land.
Draw two cards.

"You sought to anger me, Nahiri. Soon you will see how well you have succeeded."

Illustrated by
Chase Stone

Legality

Rulings (2)

  • You must sacrifice exactly one creature or land to cast Merciless Resolve. You can’t cast it without sacrificing a permanent, and you can’t sacrifice additional permanents.
  • Players can respond to this spell only after it’s been cast and all its costs have been paid. No one can try to destroy the creature or land you sacrificed to stop you from casting this spell or to make you sacrifice a different one.

Prices

Paper price: €0.11 / $0.08 , the cheapest non-foil print (Cardmarket, and TCGplayer, otherwise Mana Pool or Card Kingdom, through MTGJSON, 6 Nov 2026).

MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 6 Nov 2026).

Limited On MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Win rates of Merciless Resolve in Limited
Set GIH WR vs set IWD Games
Shadows over Innistrad Remastered (SIR), Premier Draft 46.8% -7.5 -3.1 4534
GIH WR
win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set
points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD
improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games
games in which the card was seen