Pitiless Horde

set	min	mtgo
-	1.80	0.02 tix

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Name	Pitiless Horde
Type	Creature — orc berserker
Description	At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 2 life. Dash (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)
Artist	Viktor Titov
Set	The List #1122
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

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About Pitiless Horde

Pitiless Horde, Creature — orc berserker, designed by Viktor Titov first released in Mar, 2015 in the set Dragons of Tarkir Promos and was printed exactly in 3 different ways. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of 1.80.

This card could be beneficial in a deck that focuses on aggressive strategies and tempo plays, utilizing its dash ability to quickly apply pressure on the opponent. However, the life loss at the beginning of your upkeep can be a significant drawback, especially in longer games or against decks that can exploit your life total. While Pitiless Horde can be effective in certain situations, there are potentially better options available in the current Magic: The Gathering card pool that offer similar aggressive capabilities without the drawback of life loss, such as Goblin Guide or Monastery Swiftspear. Ultimately, the decision to include Pitiless Horde in a deck would depend on the specific strategy and synergy within the deck, as well as the overall metagame considerations.

Rules

02/25/15

If you choose to pay the dash cost rather than the mana cost, you’re still casting the spell. It goes on the stack and can be responded to and countered. You can cast a creature spell for its dash cost only when you otherwise could cast that creature spell. Most of the time, this means during your main phase when the stack is empty.

02/25/15

You don’t have to attack with the creature with dash unless another ability says you do.