---
name: "Merciless Executioner"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Orc Warrior"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "SLD"
set_name: "Secret Lair Drop"
collector_number: "1025"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Paolo Parente"
oracle_id: "c3c45d50-9038-41df-bb2f-9bc40071845b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/merciless-executioner-sld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Merciless Executioner
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Orc Warrior
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/1

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

> *Kommandos differ from usual Orks. They still want to kill you. They just want to surprise you before they do it.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Accursed Marauder](/printing/accursed-marauder-plst.md) — Creature — Zombie Warrior
2. [Slum Reaper](/printing/slum-reaper-bbd.md) — Creature — Horror
3. [Fleshbag Marauder](/printing/fleshbag-marauder-sld.md) — Creature — Zombie Warrior
4. [Gruesome Scourger](/printing/gruesome-scourger-m20.md) — Creature — Orc Warrior
5. [Blood-Chin Fanatic](/printing/blood-chin-fanatic-dtk.md) — Creature — Orc Warrior
6. [Abyssal Gorestalker](/printing/abyssal-gorestalker-lci.md) — Creature — Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1025
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Paolo Parente
- **Total Printings:** 24 across all historical editions

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