Assassin

Assassin
Creature Type
(Subtype for creature/kindred cards)
Statistics	59 cards 1.7% 76.3% 3.4% 1.7% 6.8% 1.7% 3.4% 5.1% as of Core Set 2021
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type:"Assassin"

For the format, see Assassin (format).

Assassin is a creature type and class. The first creature to bear the type was the Royal Assassin in Alpha. Assassins specialize in one thing: killing. Assassins are amoral in the extreme, ending the lives of others for money or the thrill of killing. Assassins often have abilities that let them directly destroy other creatures. The majority of assassins are black.

Storyline

Assassin organizations

• Breathstealers
• House Dimir
• The Cult of the Unseen

Notable assassins

Alara (Grixis)

• Thraximundar

Dominaria

• Ramses Overdark

Fiora

• Marchesa

Ikoria

• Kelsien

Kamigawa

• Kiku. An assassin on Kamigawa who turned people's shadows against them. She left a camellia flower on the bodies of her victims.

Kylem

• Virtus the Veiled, partner of Gorm the Great

Ravnica

• Araithia Shokta
• Etrata
• Massacre Girl
• Vraska

Tolvada

• Kaya

Tokens

Token Name	Color	Type Line	P/T	Text Box	Source	Printings
Assassin	Black	Creature — Assassin	1/1	Menace	Aya of Alexandria Headsplitter Origin of the Hidden Ones Ratonhnhaké꞉ton Rooftop Bypass
	Black	Creature — Assassin	1/1	Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses the game.	Vraska the Unseen
	Black	Creature — Assassin	1/1	Deathtouch Whenever this creature deals damage to a planeswalker, destroy that planeswalker.	Vraska, Swarm's Eminence
	Black	Creature — Assassin	1/1	Deathtouch, haste	Paliano Queen Marchesa