Heartless Act

Mana Value

2

Rarity

uncommon

Heartless Act

Instant

{1}{B}
Color Identity: B

Card Text

Choose one — • Destroy target creature with no counters on it. • Remove up to three counters from target creature.

Set

Avatar: The Last Airbender

(TLA)

EDHREC Rank

#4,880

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.

Wotc — October 02, 2025

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.

Wotc — October 02, 2025

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.

Wotc — April 17, 2020

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.

Wotc — April 17, 2020

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