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Aggro Lantern
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Commander

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Etrata, Deadly Fugitive

Deathtouch Face-down creatures you control have "{2}{U}{B}: Turn this creature face up. If you can't, exile it, then you may cast the exiled card without paying its mana cost." Whenever an Assassin you control deals combat damage to an opponent, cloak the top card of that player's library.

Creature
Etrata, Deadly Fugitive (mkm) 200

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1 drop creature

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Assassin Initiate

{1}: This creature gains your choice of flying, deathtouch, or lifelink until end of turn.

Creature
Assassin Initiate (acr) 22
Changeling Outcast

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) This creature can't block and can't be blocked.

Creature
Changeling Outcast (otc) 128
Cruel Sadist

{B}, {T}, Pay 1 life: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. {2}{B}, {T}, Remove X +1/+1 counters from this creature: It deals X damage to target creature.

Creature
Cruel Sadist (j22) 391
Eye Collector

Flying Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, each player mills a card. (Each player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.)

Creature
Eye Collector (j25) 439
Guul Draz Assassin

Level up {1}{B} ({1}{B}: Put a level counter on this. Level up only as a sorcery.) LEVEL 2-3 2/2 {B}, {T}: Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. LEVEL 4+ 4/4 {B}, {T}: Target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn.

Creature
Guul Draz Assassin (plst) ROE-112
Hired Poisoner

Deathtouch

Creature
Hired Poisoner (grn) 72
Hookblade Veteran

During your turn, this creature has flying. (It can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)

Creature
Hookblade Veteran (acr) 283
Iridescent Vinelasher

Offspring {2} (You may pay an additional {2} as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.) Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to target opponent.

Creature
Iridescent Vinelasher (blb) 99
Merfolk Windrobber

Flying Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player mills a card. (They put the top card of their library into their graveyard.) Sacrifice this creature: Draw a card. Activate only if an opponent has eight or more cards in their graveyard.

Creature
Merfolk Windrobber (znr) 70
Mothdust Changeling

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) Tap an untapped creature you control: This creature gains flying until end of turn.

Creature
Mothdust Changeling (plst) MOR-42
Ruthless Ripper

Deathtouch Morph—Reveal a black card in your hand. (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) When this creature is turned face up, target player loses 2 life.

Creature
Ruthless Ripper (a25) 107
Universal Automaton

Changeling (This card is every creature type.)

Creature Artifact
Universal Automaton (j22) 803

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2 drop

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Achilles Davenport

Freerunning {U}{B} (You may cast this spell for its freerunning cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with an Assassin or commander.) Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) Other Assassins you control get +1/+1.

Creature
Achilles Davenport (acr) 294
Aven Heartstabber

Flying As long as there are five or more mana values among cards in your graveyard, this creature gets +2/+2 and has deathtouch. When this creature dies, mill two cards, then draw a card.

Creature
Aven Heartstabber (snc) 166
Brotherhood Spy

At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control a legendary Assassin, this creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.

Creature
Brotherhood Spy (acr) 282
Desmond Miles

Menace Desmond Miles gets +1/+0 for each other Assassin you control and each Assassin card in your graveyard. Whenever Desmond Miles deals combat damage to a player, surveil X, where X is the amount of damage it dealt to that player.

Creature
Desmond Miles (acr) 24
Guildsworn Prowler

Deathtouch When this creature dies, if it wasn't blocking, draw a card.

Creature
Guildsworn Prowler (clb) 130
Merciless Harlequin

Freerunning {1}{B} (You may cast this spell for its freerunning cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with an Assassin or commander.) When this creature enters, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Creature
Merciless Harlequin (acr) 287
Poison-Blade Mentor

Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.) Whenever this creature attacks, another target Assassin you control gains deathtouch until end of turn.

Creature
Poison-Blade Mentor (acr) 288
Silumgar Assassin

Creatures with power greater than this creature's power can't block it. Megamorph {2}{B} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.) When this creature is turned face up, destroy target creature with power 3 or less an opponent controls.

Creature
Silumgar Assassin (c19) 128
Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive

Creatures you control with power or toughness 1 or less can't be blocked.

Creature
Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive (blc) 177
Thrill-Kill Assassin

Deathtouch Unleash (You may have this creature enter with a +1/+1 counter on it. It can't block as long as it has a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Creature
Thrill-Kill Assassin (rvr) 94

2 drop

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Artifact

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Fabricate

Search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Fabricate (hop) 9
Field of Dreams

Players play with the top card of their libraries revealed.

Enchantment
Field of Dreams (leg) 55
Lantern of Insight

Players play with the top card of their libraries revealed. {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Target player shuffles.

Artifact
Lantern of Insight (plst) 5DN-135
Loyal Inventor

Vigilance When this creature enters, you may search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, then shuffle. Put that card into your hand if you control an Assassin. Otherwise, put that card on top of your library.

Creature
Loyal Inventor (acr) 21
Trinket Mage

When this creature enters, you may search your library for an artifact card with mana value 1 or less, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature
Trinket Mage (5dn) 39
Wizened Snitches

Flying Players play with the top card of their libraries revealed.

Creature
Wizened Snitches (rav) 75

Artifact

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Enchantment

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Akroma's Memorial

Creatures you control have flying, first strike, vigilance, trample, haste, and protection from black and from red.

Artifact
Akroma's Memorial (tsr) 262
Archetype of Finality

Creatures you control have deathtouch. Creatures your opponents control lose deathtouch and can't have or gain deathtouch.

Creature Enchantment
Archetype of Finality (plst) BNG-58
Levitation

Creatures you control have flying.

Enchantment
Levitation (m12) 61
Mari, the Killing Quill

Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, exile it with a hit counter on it. Assassins, Mercenaries, and Rogues you control have deathtouch and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may remove a hit counter from a card that player owns in exile. If you do, draw a card and create two Treasure tokens."

Creature
Mari, the Killing Quill (otc) 138
Nanogene Conversion

Choose target creature you control. Each other creature becomes a copy of that creature until end of turn, except it isn't legendary.

Sorcery
Nanogene Conversion (who) 49
Sun Quan, Lord of Wu

Creatures you control have horsemanship. (They can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)

Creature
Sun Quan, Lord of Wu (cmm) 123

Enchantment

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Every Type

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Arcane Adaptation

As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type. Creatures you control are the chosen type in addition to their other types. The same is true for creature spells you control and creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield.

Enchantment
Arcane Adaptation (xln) 46
Conspiracy

As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type. Creatures you control are the chosen type. The same is true for creature spells you control and creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield.

Enchantment
Conspiracy (acr) 88
Maskwood Nexus

Creatures you control are every creature type. The same is true for creature spells you control and creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield. {3}, {T}: Create a 2/2 blue Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. (It is every creature type.)

Artifact
Maskwood Nexus (blc) 279
Roshan, Hidden Magister

Other creatures you control are Assassins in addition to their other types. The same is true for creature spells you control and creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield. Face-down creatures you control have menace. Whenever a permanent you control is turned face up, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Creature
Roshan, Hidden Magister (acr) 32
Xenograft

As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type. Each creature you control is the chosen type in addition to its other types.

Enchantment
Xenograft (nph) 51

Every Type

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Instant

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Rooftop Bypass

Whenever one or more nontoken creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a 1/1 black Assassin creature token with menace. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

Enchantment
Rooftop Bypass (acr) 298
Standardize

Choose a creature type other than Wall. Each creature becomes that type until end of turn.

Instant
Standardize (ons) 116

Instant

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Land

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Blinkmoth Nexus

{T}: Add {C}. {1}: This land becomes a 1/1 Blinkmoth artifact creature with flying until end of turn. It's still a land. {1}, {T}: Target Blinkmoth creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Land
Blinkmoth Nexus (2xm) 311
Choked Estuary

As this land enters, you may reveal an Island or Swamp card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Choked Estuary (mkc) 254
Darkwater Catacombs

{1}, {T}: Add {U}{B}.

Land
Darkwater Catacombs (otc) 282
Drowned Catacomb

This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Swamp. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Drowned Catacomb (otc) 290
Exotic Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Land
Exotic Orchard (dsc) 275
Inkmoth Nexus

{T}: Add {C}. {1}: This land becomes a 1/1 Phyrexian Blinkmoth artifact creature with flying and infect until end of turn. It's still a land. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

Land
Inkmoth Nexus (mbs) 145
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (dft) 280
Sunken Hollow

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Sunken Hollow (otc) 325
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (dft) 284
Tainted Isle

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. Activate only if you control a Swamp.

Land
Tainted Isle (pip) 299
Urza's Saga

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — This Saga gains "{T}: Add {C}." II — This Saga gains "{2}, {T}: Create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with 'This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control.'" III — Search your library for an artifact card with mana cost {0} or {1}, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land Enchantment
Urza's Saga (mb2) 114

Land

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Sorcery

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Shared Discovery

As an additional cost to cast this spell, tap four untapped creatures you control. Draw three cards.

Sorcery
Shared Discovery (roe) 87

Sorcery

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consistency

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Diabolic Intent

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Diabolic Intent (pls) 42
Scheming Symmetry

Choose two target players. Each of them searches their library for a card, then shuffles and puts that card on top.

Sorcery
Scheming Symmetry (m20) 113

consistency

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draw

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Reconnaissance Mission

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Enchantment
Reconnaissance Mission (woc) 105
Rev, Tithe Extractor

Whenever you attack, target creature gains deathtouch until end of turn. Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token, then look at the top card of that player's library and exile it face down. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled. (A Treasure token is an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Rev, Tithe Extractor (j25) 45
Rogue Class

(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.) Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, exile the top card of that player's library face down. You may look at it for as long as it remains exiled. {1}{U}{B}: Level 2 Creatures you control have menace. {2}{U}{B}: Level 3 You may play cards exiled with this Class, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast those spells.

Enchantment
Rogue Class (afr) 230
Satoru, the Infiltrator

Menace Whenever Satoru and/or one or more other nontoken creatures you control enter, if none of them were cast or no mana was spent to cast them, draw a card.

Creature
Satoru, the Infiltrator (otj) 230
The Indomitable

Trample Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card. Crew 3 You may cast this card from your graveyard as long as you control three or more tapped Pirates and/or Vehicles.

Artifact
The Indomitable (lcc) 75
Training Grounds

Activated abilities of creatures you control cost {2} less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.

Enchantment
Training Grounds (p22) 6

draw

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mill rocks

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Embalmer's Tools

Activated abilities of creature cards in your graveyard cost {1} less to activate. Tap an untapped Zombie you control: Target player mills a card.

Artifact
Embalmer's Tools (akh) 227
Hair-Strung Koto

Tap an untapped creature you control: Target player mills a card.

Artifact
Hair-Strung Koto (chk) 252
Phenax, God of Deception

Indestructible As long as your devotion to blue and black is less than seven, Phenax isn't a creature. Creatures you control have "{T}: Target player mills X cards, where X is this creature's toughness."

Creature Enchantment
Phenax, God of Deception (plst) BNG-152

mill rocks

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protection

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Daze

You may return an Island you control to its owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.

Instant
Daze (mb2) 26
Rewind

Counter target spell. Untap up to four lands.

Instant
Rewind (plst) USG-93
Teferi's Veil

Whenever a creature you control attacks, it phases out at end of combat. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before you untap during your next untap step.)

Enchantment
Teferi's Veil (plst) WTH-53
Thrilling Encore

Put onto the battlefield under your control all creature cards in all graveyards that were put there from the battlefield this turn.

Instant
Thrilling Encore (woc) 118

protection

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reach

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Blood Artist

Whenever this creature or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Blood Artist (ema) 81
Vengeful Bloodwitch

Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Vengeful Bloodwitch (fdn) 76

reach

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vampires

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Captivating Vampire

Other Vampire creatures you control get +1/+1. Tap five untapped Vampires you control: Gain control of target creature. It becomes a Vampire in addition to its other types.

Creature
Captivating Vampire (inr) 100
Crossway Troublemakers

Attacking Vampires you control have deathtouch and lifelink. (Any amount of damage they deal to a creature is enough to destroy it. Damage dealt by those creatures also causes their controller to gain that much life.) Whenever a Vampire you control dies, you may pay 2 life. If you do, draw a card.

Creature
Crossway Troublemakers (j25) 417

vampires

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Maybeboard

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Agate-Blade Assassin

Whenever this creature attacks, defending player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Agate-Blade Assassin (blb) 82
Anowon, the Ruin Thief

Other Rogues you control get +1/+1. Whenever one or more Rogues you control deal combat damage to a player, that player mills a card for each 1 damage dealt to them. If the player mills at least one creature card this way, you draw a card. (To mill a card, a player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.)

Creature
Anowon, the Ruin Thief (znc) 7
Cliffhaven Kitesail

When this Equipment enters, attach it to target creature you control. Equipped creature has flying. Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Cliffhaven Kitesail (j25) 748
Cryptbreaker

{1}{B}, {T}, Discard a card: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. Tap three untapped Zombies you control: You draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Creature
Cryptbreaker (emn) 86
Death Baron

Skeletons you control and other Zombies you control get +1/+1 and have deathtouch. (Any amount of damage they deal to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

Creature
Death Baron (mic) 111
Drowner of Secrets

Tap an untapped Merfolk you control: Target player mills a card.

Creature
Drowner of Secrets (lrw) 58
Gravespawn Sovereign

Tap five untapped Zombies you control: Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

Creature
Gravespawn Sovereign (plst) ONS-152
Mistform Wakecaster

Flying {1}: This creature becomes the creature type of your choice until end of turn. {2}{U}{U}, {T}: Choose a creature type. Each creature you control becomes that type until end of turn.

Creature
Mistform Wakecaster (lgn) 48
Shriekgeist

Flying Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player mills two cards.

Creature
Shriekgeist (ima) 72
Whir of Invention

Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.) Search your library for an artifact card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Instant
Whir of Invention (plst) AER-49

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Description

{"ops":[{"insert":"Etrata Dimir Aggro (Lantern)\n\nStart by Attacking with cheap Deathtouchers and Etrata, make some \"Cloaks\"\n\nTurn the Cloaks into Assassins using one of the Type Hacks, double your Board\nIf you are lucky, get either Maskwood Nexus or mutiple Hack cards to utilize the other Typal Cards in the deck\n\nGive your Board more Evasion with some \"Anthem-Creatures\" (Sun Quan, Lord of Wu, Roshan Hidden Magister) and go further\n\nUse the \"Cloaks\" you make every turn for several \"Control\" Effects (Mill Opponents by Tapping while knowing the top of their Library (Lantern of Insight, Field of Dreams =Fatesealing), Gain Control of other creatures which hinder your plan (Captivating Vampire), or just cast cards, especially removal from the \"Cloaks\" using Etratas Ability)\n\nIt's a Snowbally Aggro Deck which has some Reach because of the Control Elements built into its Engine but at its heart it wants to turn Creatures Sideways and smash face.\n\nHonorable (Exceptional) Mentions:\n\n Nanogene Conversion - An Absurd Card when everything turns into Etrata and all of them Connect. Even just with a Field of 5 Creature you make 25 \"Cloaks\" as each Etrata sees itself and 5 others\n \nStandardize - low mana cost, Instant suprise\n\nSatoru, the Infiltrator - all the cloaks are not cast and have a Mana Value of 0. Great Value.\n\nTraining Grounds - All Cloaks can be turned for only UB now\n\nBlood Artist, Vengeful Bloodwitch - Targeted (political) Boardwipe Insurance\n\nThis Deck is not as such tuned completely. I am sure it can be further iterated on and made stronger, but as a first draft I really like the streamlined curve and the sheer aggression in a color otherwise known for control, mill or combo. It still has the \"tricksy\" element of Dimir which makes it even spicier in my eyes.\n"}]}
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