---
name: "Heartless Act"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "IKO"
set_name: "Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths"
collector_number: "91"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Ryan Pancoast"
oracle_id: "3641d572-8335-4804-88ad-edf4dc67a8e4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/heartless-act-iko"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Heartless Act
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

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

> *"죽이지 않으면 죽을 뿐이다."
—쿠드로 장군*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Render Inert](/printing/render-inert-mom.md) — Sorcery
2. [Perfect Intimidation](/printing/perfect-intimidation-ecl.md) — Sorcery
3. [Parting Thoughts](/printing/parting-thoughts-c16.md) — Sorcery
4. [Lethal Sting](/printing/lethal-sting-akr.md) — Sorcery
5. [Eventide's Shadow](/printing/eventides-shadow-ecc.md) — Sorcery
6. [Tyrant's Scorn](/printing/tyrants-scorn-war.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO) #91
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Ryan Pancoast
- **Total Printings:** 26 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`