Harsh Mercy
Harsh Mercy: Sorcery, Commander Masters. Each player chooses a creature type. Destroy all creatures that aren't of a type chosen this way. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{W}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Commander Masters (CMM)
- Released
- 2023-08-04
- Collector number
- 825
- Artist
- John Matson
- Commander rank
- 8,618 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Harsh Mercy
Harsh Mercy is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white sorcery from Commander Masters (CMM), a Masters set released in August 2023. It is collector number 825 in that set, with art by John Matson. It costs {2}{W} (two generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Onslaught (2002) to Commander Masters (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.16 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Each player chooses a creature type. Destroy all creatures that aren't of a type chosen this way. They can't be regenerated.
"There is no greater burden than choosing who to save." -Kamahl, druid acolyte
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.16 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Harsh Mercy by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Harsh Mercy
Harsh Mercy has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Onslaught (ONS) #39 | Rare | 2002 |
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a white colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Harsh Mercy is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.
- Sliver Swarm (CMM), led by Sliver Gravemother