Harmless Offering

Sorcery

Target opponent gains control of target permanent you control.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (47)

Rhadamanthus on If a Enchantment with counters …

6 days ago

danielgonmar: You need to use double square brackets around the card's name to make the link work - Nine Lives, Resourceful Defense

To answer your question, since Resourceful Defense only moves counters between things you control, the same player has to control both Nine Lives and the Defense in order to use the Defense to move counters off of Nine Lives. If they're controlled by different players, which might be the situation in the original question where things are being moved around with Harmless Offering, then it won't work.

Also, it's much better to post a new question as its own topic rather than respond to a very old one. With the way this site works, adding a new post to a Rules Q&A discussion doesn't move the topic to the top of the list. This topic is about 4 years old, so the only reason I was aware of your comment is because the site auto-subscribed me for notifications on this topic after I originally posted in it. If you had happened to post in a topic where the only people involved in the discussion were no longer active users then no one would have seen your question.

TheoryCrafter on Never-Ending Sands

1 year ago

Have you considered Gauntlets of Chaos and/or Harmless Offering? Both of these can allow you to take advantage of Hozezon's Desertwalk ability. Happy Hunting!

TheoryCrafter on So Dominaria

1 year ago

For Hazezon, Must includes for me would be Gauntlets of Chaos and Harmless Offering So I could take advantage of the Desertwalk ability.

For Jeron Carthalion, Door to Nothingness due to Jeron making the ability easier to activate and Seraph Sanctuary for the lifegain would be my must includes.

For Shanna, I'd be looking to weaponize the second ability through cards including, but not limited to, Chasm Skulker and Psychosis Crawler. This card could make Bant mill formidable. Elementalist's Palette and Unbound Flourishing would be must includes.

Neotrup on How does Cultist of the …

1 year ago

It does not work if you're using Assault Suit to give them your commander, because Assault Suit triggers on their upkeep, so it's too late for your commander's upkeep trigger to also trigger. It does work if you use something like Donate or Harmless Offering to give them your commander though.

TheVectornaut on juggling the health

1 year ago

I second the idea of looking into a sacrifice-matters strategy. It's a good archetype for Rakdos that can be played on a low budget in casual settings. In my deck, Sacrifice in Flame, I make use of free sacrifice outlets like Viscera Seer or Carrion Feeder to get value out of sacrificing things, especially if those things are actually my opponent's creatures stolen via Act of Treason effects like Kari Zev's Expertise, Claim the Firstborn, or Bloody Betrayal. You can also sac for damage with Thud, Rite of Consumption, and other Flings, something that makes big cards with downside like Abyssal Persecutor, Desecration Demon, and Goldnight Castigator much better without needing a Harmless Offering or the like. As you can see, demons often take a starring role in such decks and from what you have here, it does look like you enjoy demons. The tribe isn't super well supported, but you could take a look at Raphael, Fiendish Savior or Liliana's Contract.

LandoLRodriguez on It's so FLUFFY I'm gonna DIE

2 years ago

I'm not sure how functional it will be in this deck, but Harmless Offering certainly fits the bill

Balaam__ on Balaam__

2 years ago

DBCooper, quick question. I wanted to ask it here in case I’m way off base (I don’t need any extra embarrassment in my life, I do well enough ha).

Your Heavyweights deck looks like a great idea, but I’m worried it might not work the way you intend it to. You’ll need to cast Boldwyr Heavyweights yourself first, which will let the opponent put a free creature in play. But unless I’m mistaken (which is entirely possible), gifting it to the opponent with either Harmless Offering or Bazaar Trader won’t actually cause it to enter play again—it’ll just transfer existing control of the creature. So it won’t trigger the Heavyweights’ ETB text, meaning no free Emrakul. At least I think that’s how it works—by all means let me know if I’m wrong about that.

Gattison on Alternate Loss cons

2 years ago

No Harmless Offering to give away your enchantments like Demonic Pact?