Pitiless Carnage (OTJ #326)
Pitiless Carnage is a rare printing from Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ #326), a Sorcery. Illustrated by Richard Kane Ferguson.
Card 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.)
Akul saw his Hellspur followers as little more than ammunition to be expended.
Details
| Mana cost | {3}{B} |
|---|---|
| Type | Sorcery |
| Rarity | Rare |
| Set | Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ) |
| Collector number | 326 |
| Artist | Richard Kane Ferguson |
| Released | 2024-04-19 |
Current price
As of 2026-10-19, Scryfall listed this printing at non-foil $0.74, foil $0.98 (USD). Prices change constantly, so check the live price before buying.
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Legality
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Future Standard | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Pauper | Not legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Competitive Brawl | Legal |
| Alchemy | Not legal |
| Pauper Commander | Not legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Old School | Not legal |
| Premodern | Not legal |
| PrEDH | Not legal |
| TLR | Not legal |
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Rulings
- April 12, 2024 — You sacrifice the permanents as part of the resolution of Pitiless Carnage. It isn’t an additional cost. If Pitiless Carnage is countered or never resolves, you won’t sacrifice anything.
- April 12, 2024 — You can choose to sacrifice zero permanents. (That does sound an awful lot like pity, though.)
- April 12, 2024 — If any abilities trigger as you sacrifice permanents, those abilities won’t be put onto the stack until after you’ve drawn the appropriate number of cards.
- April 12, 2024 — Plot abilities are written “Plot [cost],” which means “Any time you have priority during your main phase while the stack is empty, you may pay [cost] and exile this card from your hand. It becomes plotted.”
- April 12, 2024 — Exiling a card using its plot ability is a special action. Once you announce you’re taking that action, no other player can respond by trying to remove that card from your hand.
- April 12, 2024 — You can’t cast a plotted card on the same turn it became plotted. On any future turn, you may cast that card from exile without paying its mana cost during your main phase while the stack is empty.
- April 12, 2024 — If you’re casting a plotted card from exile without paying its mana cost, you can’t choose to cast it for any other alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the plotted card has any mandatory additional costs, those must still be paid to cast the spell.
- April 12, 2024 — If a plotted card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.