Assassin

For the format, see Assassin (format).

Assassin
Creature Type
(Subtype for creature/kindred cards)
Statistics	60 cards 1.7% 76.7% 3.3% 1.7% 6.7% 1.7% 3.3% 5% as of Commander Legends
Scryfall Search
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. 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 (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.

Storyline

Assassin organizations

• Breathstealers
• House Dimir
• The assassins of the Ochran

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