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'''Assassin''' is a [[creature type]] and [[class]]. The first creature to bear the type was the <c>Royal Assassin</c> in ''[[Alpha]]''. Assassins specialize in one thing: killing.<ref>{{DailyRef|assassins-victim-2007-07-25|The Assassin's Victim|[[Magic Arcana]]|July 25, 2007}}</ref> Assassins are amoral in the extreme, ending the lives of others for money or the thrill of killing.  
'''Assassin''' is a [[creature class]]. The first creature to bear the type was the <c>Royal Assassin</c> in ''[[Alpha]]''.  


Assassins sometimes have abilities that let them directly destroy other creatures, but for the lower-rarity versions deathtouch is usually sufficient representation. The majority of assassins are [[black]], with three of the remaining (the two red and one blue) being color pie bends. The last is a green deathtouch Kraul in the cult of the assassin queen [[Vraska]].
==Description==
Assassins specialize in one thing: killing.<ref>{{DailyRef|assassins-victim-2007-07-25|The Assassin's Victim|[[Magic Arcana]]|July 25, 2007}}</ref> Assassins are amoral in the extreme, ending the lives of others for money or the thrill of killing.
 
Assassins sometimes have abilities that let them directly destroy other creatures, but for the lower-rarity versions, [[deathtouch]] is usually sufficient representation. The majority of assassins are [[black]], with three of the remaining (two red and one blue) being color pie bends, having creature-destruction abilities not regularly in pie. Two other recent monored Assassins have been printed since, but their typing justification is more tenuous. The sole green Assassin is a deathtouch [[Kraul]] in the [[Golgari Swarm#The Ochran|cult]] of the assassin queen [[Vraska]].
 
===History===
After ''[[Alpha]]'' the Assassin creature type wouldn't be printed on another card for three years, <c>Suq'Ata Assassin</c> in ''[[Visions]]''. Note that there were a handful of cards between the two that would retroactively become Assassins, making <c>Ramses Overdark</c> from ''[[Legends]]'' the first Legendary Assassin. From that point forward, the Assassin creature type started seeing more use, although seldom more than once or twice per set.<ref name="Creed is Good"/>
 
For ''[[Outlaws of Thunder Junction]]'' Assassins were [[Batching|batched]] as [[Outlaw]]s. [[Universes Beyond]] ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' had an "Assassins'-mater " theme.<ref name="Creed is Good">{{DailyRef|making-magic/creed-is-good|Creed is Good|[[Mark Rosewater]]|June 18, 2024}}</ref> As did the [[Universes Beyond]] set that followed, ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''.


==Storyline==
==Storyline==
===Assassin organizations===
===Assassin organizations===
* [[Breathstealers]]
*[[Breathstealers]]
* [[House Dimir]]
*[[House Dimir]]
* [[Vraska|The Cult of the Unseen]]
*[[Maestros]] Family
*[[Golgari Swarm#The Ochran|The assassins of the Ochran]]


==Notable assassins==
==Notable assassins==
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
;Alara (Grixis)
*[[Thraximundar]]


'''Alara (Grixis)'''
;Capenna
* [[Thraximundar]]
*[[Anhelo]]
*[[Mari]]


'''Dominaria'''
;Dominaria
* [[Ramses Overdark]]
*[[Ramses Overdark]]
*[[Xira Arien]]


'''Fiora'''
;Fiora
* [[Marchesa]]
*[[Marchesa d'Amati]]


'''Ikoria'''
;Ikoria
* [[Kelsien]]
*[[Kelsien]]


'''Kamigawa'''
;Innistrad
* [[Kiku]]. An assassin on [[Kamigawa]] who turned people's shadows against them. She left a camellia flower on the bodies of her victims.
*[[Olivia Voldaren]]


'''Kylem'''
;Kamigawa
* <c>Virtus the Veiled</c>, partner of <c>Gorm the Great</c>
*[[Kiku]]


'''Ravnica'''
;Kylem
* [[Araithia Shokta]]
*[[Virtus]]
* [[Etrata]]
* [[Massacre Girl]]
* [[Vraska]]


'''Tolvada'''
;Ravnica
* [[Kaya]]
*[[Araithia Shokta]]
*[[Etrata]]
*[[Javy]]
*[[Massacre Girl]]
*[[The Cozen]]
*[[Vraska]]
 
;Tolvada
*[[Kaya]]
 
;Unknown
*[[Jessie Zane]]
 
;[[Universes Beyond]]
;''[[Assassin's Creed]]''
*[https://assassinscreed.fandom.com/wiki/Achilles_Davenport Achilles Davenport] (<c title="card">Achilles Davenport</c>)
*[https://assassinscreed.fandom.com/wiki/Ad%C3%A9wal%C3%A9 Adéwalé] (<c title="card">Adéwalé, Breaker of Chains</c>)
*[https://assassinscreed.fandom.com/wiki/Alta%C3%AFr_Ibn-La'Ahad Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad] (<c title="card">Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad</c>)
*[https://assassinscreed.fandom.com/wiki/Anne_Bonny Anne Bonny] (<c title="card">Mary Read and Anne Bonny</c>)
*[https://assassinscreed.fandom.com/wiki/Arbaaz_Mir Arbaaz Mir] (<c title="card">Arbaaz Mir</c>)
*[https://assassinscreed.fandom.com/wiki/Aveline_de_Grandpr%C3%A9 Aveline de Grandpré] (<c title="card">Aveline de Grandpré</c>)
*[https://assassinscreed.fandom.com/wiki/Amunet Aya] (<c title="card">Aya of Alexandria</c>)
*[https://assassinscreed.fandom.com/wiki/Basim_Ibn_Ishaq Basim Ibn Ishaq] (<c title="card">Basim Ibn Ishaq</c>)
*[https://assassinscreed.fandom.com/wiki/Bayek Bayek] (<c title="card">Bayek of Siwa</c>)
*[https://assassinscreed.fandom.com/wiki/Desmond_Miles Desmond Miles] (<c title="card">Desmond Miles</c>)
*[https://assassinscreed.fandom.com/wiki/Edward_Kenway Edward Kenway] (<c title="card">Edward Kenway</c>)
*[https://assassinscreed.fandom.com/wiki/Eivor_Varinsdottir Eivor Varinsdottir] (<c title="card">Eivor, Wolf-Kissed</c>)
*[https://assassinscreed.fandom.com/wiki/Evie_Frye Evie Frye] (<c title="card">Evie Frye</c>)
*[https://assassinscreed.fandom.com/wiki/Ezio_Auditore_da_Firenze Ezio Auditore da Firenze] (<c title="card">Ezio Auditore da Firenze</c>)
*[https://assassinscreed.fandom.com/wiki/Kassandra Kassandra] (<c title="card">Kassandra, Eagle Bearer</c>)
*[https://assassinscreed.fandom.com/wiki/Layla_Hassan Layla Hassan] (<c title="card">Layla Hassan</c>)
*[https://assassinscreed.fandom.com/wiki/Lydia_Frye Lydia Frye] (<c title="card">Lydia Frye</c>)
*[https://assassinscreed.fandom.com/wiki/Mary_Read Mary Read] (<c title="card">Mary Read and Anne Bonny</c>)
*[https://assassinscreed.fandom.com/wiki/Ratonhnhak%C3%A9:ton Ratonhnhaké꞉ton] (<c title="card">Ratonhnhaké꞉ton</c>)
*[https://assassinscreed.fandom.com/wiki/Rebecca_Crane Rebecca Crane] (<c title="card">Shaun & Rebecca, Agents</c>)
*[https://assassinscreed.fandom.com/wiki/Roshan Roshan] (<c title="card">Roshan, Hidden Magister</c>)
*[https://assassinscreed.fandom.com/wiki/Shao_Jun Shao Jun] (<c title="card">Shao Jun</c>)
*[https://assassinscreed.fandom.com/wiki/Shaun_Hastings Shaun Hastings] (<c title="card">Shaun & Rebecca, Agents</c>)
}}


==Tokens==
==Tokens==

Latest revision as of 02:58, 25 June 2024

For the format, see Assassin (format).
Assassin
Creature Type
(Subtype for creature/kindred cards)
Beeble Scale 3[1]
Statistics
123 cards
{W} 0.8% {U} 3.3% {B} 57.7% {R} 3.3% {G} 2.4% {U/B} 10.6% {B/R} 0.8% {W/B} 1.6% {U/R} 1.6% {B/G} 3.3% {R/W} 4.9% {M} 9.8%
9 Assassin creation cards
{C} 11.1% {R} 22.2% {U/B} 11.1% {B/G} 22.2% {R/W} 11.1% {M} 22.2%
as of Assassin's Creed
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type:"Assassin"

Assassin is a creature class. The first creature to bear the type was the Royal Assassin in Alpha.

Description

Assassins specialize in one thing: killing.[2] Assassins are amoral in the extreme, ending the lives of others for money or the thrill of killing.

Assassins sometimes have abilities that let them directly destroy other creatures, but for the lower-rarity versions, deathtouch is usually sufficient representation. The majority of assassins are black, with three of the remaining (two red and one blue) being color pie bends, having creature-destruction abilities not regularly in pie. Two other recent monored Assassins have been printed since, but their typing justification is more tenuous. The sole green Assassin is a deathtouch Kraul in the cult of the assassin queen Vraska.

History

After Alpha the Assassin creature type wouldn't be printed on another card for three years, Suq'Ata Assassin in Visions. Note that there were a handful of cards between the two that would retroactively become Assassins, making Ramses Overdark from Legends the first Legendary Assassin. From that point forward, the Assassin creature type started seeing more use, although seldom more than once or twice per set.[3]

For Outlaws of Thunder Junction Assassins were batched as Outlaws. Universes Beyond Assassin's Creed had an "Assassins'-mater " theme.[3] As did the Universes Beyond set that followed, Assassin's Creed.

Storyline

Assassin organizations

Notable assassins

Alara (Grixis)
Capenna
Dominaria
Fiora
Ikoria
Innistrad
Kamigawa
Kylem
Ravnica
Tolvada
Unknown
Universes Beyond
Assassin's Creed

Tokens

Token Name Color Type Line P/T Text Box Source Printings
Assassin Black Creature — Assassin 1/1 Menace
Black Creature — Assassin 1/1 Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses the game.
Black Creature — Assassin 1/1 Deathtouch
Whenever this creature deals damage to a planeswalker, destroy that planeswalker.
Black Creature — Assassin 1/1 Deathtouch, haste

References

  1. ↑ Mark Rosewater (February 28, 2024). "Where are Assassins on the beeble scale?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
  2. ↑ Magic Arcana (July 25, 2007). "The Assassin's Victim". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  3. ↑ a b Mark Rosewater (June 18, 2024). "Creed is Good". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
 
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