---
name: "Mercy Killing"
mana_cost: "{2}{G/W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["G", "W"]
color_identity: ["G", "W"]
keywords: []
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "SHM-231"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Dave Kendall"
oracle_id: "4d80bac5-ce62-4c5c-873a-ce81d2697842"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mercy-killing-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Mercy Killing
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G/W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Target creature's controller sacrifices it, then creates X 1/1 green and white Elf Warrior creature tokens, where X is that creature's power.

> *"We will give you the peace you seek, though you may not yet know you seek it."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Prowess of the Fair](/printing/prowess-of-the-fair-lrw.md) — Kindred Enchantment — Elf
2. [Entrapment Maneuver](/printing/entrapment-maneuver-pip.md) — Instant
3. [Eyeblight Cullers](/printing/eyeblight-cullers-khc.md) — Creature — Elf Warrior
4. [Elven Ambush](/printing/elven-ambush-gn3.md) — Instant
5. [Viridian Zealot](/printing/viridian-zealot-c15.md) — Creature — Elf Warrior
6. [Elvish Promenade](/printing/elvish-promenade-khc.md) — Kindred Sorcery — Elf

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #SHM-231
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Dave Kendall
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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