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Relentless
Mechanic
Introduced Fifth Dawn
Last used Murders at Karlov Manor
Reminder Text A deck can have any number of cards named CARDNAME.
A deck can have up to NUMBER cards named CARDNAME.
Storm Scale 4[1]
Statistics
8 cards
{U} 12.5% {B} 50% {R} 25% {G} 12.5%
Scryfall Search
fulloracle:"A deck can have"
For several unreleased mechanics of the same name, see List of unreleased mechanics.

Relentless is a slang term used by Magic R&D to describe spells that allow a constructed deck to have a larger number of copies of a certain-named card than the "four-of" Deckbuilding rule (100.2a) would normally allow.

Description[ | ]

This mechanic was first printed in black as a way to recapture the experience of playing Plague Rats under Richard Garfield's original Alpha rules, where there were no limits on the number of copies of a card a player could use in their deck.[2][3][4][5] It is named after the first card to bare the mechanic, Relentless Rats.[6][7] While the majority of cards with relentless are black, The Council of Colors has deemed it available to any color as long as the flavor of the card is appropriate.[5] Thus far, each Relentless card has a mechanic that magnifies the more copies that are played, making them Kindle variants.

A variant on the Relentless ability was created for Throne of Eldraine and introduced on the card Seven Dwarves.[8] It allows players to break the "four-of" deckbuilding rule but places a higher maximum limit on the card — seven, to match the flavor of the Seven Dwarfs. This restriction applies to both Limited and Constructed formats where the card is legal:[9] for constructed this is an advantage. Still, this is a restriction for Limited as Limited decks can hypothetically play any number of copies. This variation would later be used to depict the nine Nazgûl in The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth.[5]

Strixhaven: School of Mages introduced the card Dragon's Approach, which is the first non-permanent to have the ability.

Cards with relentless[ | ]

{U} Blue
{B} Black
{R} Red
{G} Green

References[ | ]

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