---
name: "Pitiless Carnage"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Plot"]
set: "OTJ"
set_name: "Outlaws of Thunder Junction"
collector_number: "326"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Richard Kane Ferguson"
oracle_id: "186bfdac-ce9c-476f-89b6-ef467487fca5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/pitiless-carnage-otj"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Pitiless Carnage
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Plot

## Oracle Text
Sacrifice any number of permanents you control, then draw that many cards.
Plot {1}{B}{B} (You may pay {1}{B}{B} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)

> *在阿库尔眼中，他手下的炼刺帮徒跟军火差不多，都是消耗品。*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Merciless Resolve](/printing/merciless-resolve-soi.md) — Instant
2. [Reprocess](/printing/reprocess-sld.md) — Sorcery
3. [Fatal Grudge](/printing/fatal-grudge-snc.md) — Sorcery
4. [Plumb the Forbidden](/printing/plumb-the-forbidden-stx.md) — Instant
5. [Carnage Altar](/printing/carnage-altar-zen.md) — Artifact
6. [Life's Legacy](/printing/lifes-legacy-m15.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ) #326
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Richard Kane Ferguson
- **Total Printings:** 15 across all historical editions

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