Heartless Conscription
Heartless Conscription: Sorcery, Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander. Exile all creatures. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {6}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 8
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC)
- Released
- 2024-04-19
- Collector number
- 21
- Artist
- Eli Minaya
- Commander rank
- 5,657 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Heartless Conscription
Heartless Conscription is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black sorcery from Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC), a Commander product released in April 2024. It is collector number 21 in that set, with art by Eli Minaya. It costs {6}{B}{B} (six generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 8. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.73 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Exile all creatures. For each card exiled this way, you may play that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell. Exile Heartless Conscription.
"History remembers the conquerors, not the bones they stand on." -Gonti
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.73 (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 Heartless Conscription by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Heartless Conscription
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC) #57 | Rare | 2024 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Heartless Conscription, newest first.
- If any of the cards are land cards (perhaps because they were lands that had become creatures), you can play them from exile, following the normal timing rules for playing lands.
- You pay all costs and follow all normal timing rules for cards played from exile this way. For example, if the exiled card is a creature card without flash, you may cast it only during your main phase while the stack is empty.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Heartless Conscription is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.