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assassinate
Deck Size: 100
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Est deck cost: $279.62
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Ramses, Assassin Lord

Deathtouch Other Assassins you control get +1/+1. Whenever a player loses the game, if they were attacked this turn by an Assassin you controlled, you win the game.

Creature
Ramses, Assassin Lord (dmc) 39

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Draw

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Assassin Gauntlet

When Assassin Gauntlet enters, attach it to up to one target creature you control. Tap all creatures target opponent controls. Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card, then discard a card." Equip {2}

Artifact
Assassin Gauntlet (acr) 12
Aven Heartstabber

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

Creature
Aven Heartstabber (snc) 166
Basim Ibn Ishaq

Whenever you cast a historic spell, draw a card. Basim Ibn Ishaq can't be blocked this turn. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.) Whenever Basim Ibn Ishaq deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it.

Creature
Basim Ibn Ishaq (acr) 49
Black Market Connections

At the beginning of your first main phase, choose one or more — • Sell Contraband — Create a Treasure token. You lose 1 life. • Buy Information — Draw a card. You lose 2 life. • Hire a Mercenary — Create a 3/2 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. You lose 3 life. (It has every creature type.)

Enchantment
Black Market Connections (acr) 87
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
Eagle Vision

Freerunning {1}{U} (You may cast this spell for its freerunning cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with an Assassin or commander.) Draw three cards.

Sorcery
Eagle Vision (acr) 17
Enter the Enigma

Target creature can't be blocked this turn. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Enter the Enigma (dsk) 52
Ezio, Blade of Vengeance

Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.) Whenever an Assassin you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Ezio, Blade of Vengeance (acr) 275
Guildsworn Prowler

Deathtouch When Guildsworn Prowler dies, if it wasn't blocking, draw a card.

Creature
Guildsworn Prowler (clb) 130
Kindred Discovery

As Kindred Discovery enters, choose a creature type. Whenever a creature you control of the chosen type enters or attacks, draw a card.

Enchantment
Kindred Discovery (lcc) 159
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
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
Thorn of the Black Rose

Deathtouch When Thorn of the Black Rose enters, you become the monarch.

Creature
Thorn of the Black Rose (cmm) 190

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (dsc) 92
Dimir Signet

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

Artifact
Dimir Signet (clu) 221
Herald's Horn

As Herald's Horn enters, choose a creature type. Creature spells you cast of the chosen type cost {1} less to cast. At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. If it's a creature card of the chosen type, you may reveal it and put it into your hand.

Artifact
Herald's Horn (lcc) 304
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (dsc) 94
Talisman of Dominance

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. Talisman of Dominance deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Dominance (pip) 246

Ramp

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Anthem

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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
Adaptive Automaton

As this creature enters, choose a creature type. This creature is the chosen type in addition to its other types. Other creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1.

Creature Artifact
Adaptive Automaton (2xm) 231

Anthem

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Evasion

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Assassin Initiate

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

Creature
Assassin Initiate (acr) 22
Brotherhood Spy

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

Creature
Brotherhood Spy (acr) 282
Changeling Outcast

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

Creature
Changeling Outcast (otc) 128
Cover of Darkness

As Cover of Darkness enters, choose a creature type. Creatures of the chosen type have fear. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Enchantment
Cover of Darkness (acr) 89
Hookblade Veteran

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

Creature
Hookblade Veteran (acr) 283
Lydia Frye

Lydia Frye can't be blocked by creatures with power 3 or greater. At the beginning of your end step, surveil X, where X is the number of tapped Assassins you control. (Look at the top X cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

Creature
Lydia Frye (acr) 60
Midnight Assassin

Flying Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

Creature
Midnight Assassin (j25) 460

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Recursion

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Back in Town

Return X target outlaw creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield. (Assassins, Mercenaries, Pirates, Rogues, and Warlocks are outlaws.)

Sorcery
Back in Town (otc) 18
Jacob Frye

Partner with Evie Frye (When this creature enters, target player may put Evie into their hand from their library, then shuffle.) Whenever one or more Assassins you control deal combat damage to a player, exile up to one target Assassin card or card with freerunning from your graveyard. If you do, copy it. You may cast the copy.

Creature
Jacob Frye (acr) 27
Restart Sequence

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.) Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Sorcery
Restart Sequence (acr) 30

Recursion

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Burn

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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

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Finisher

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Sorin Markov

+2: Sorin Markov deals 2 damage to any target and you gain 2 life. −3: Target opponent's life total becomes 10. −7: You control target player during that player's next turn.

Planeswalker
Sorin Markov (plst) ZEN-111
Unstoppable Slasher

Deathtouch Whenever Unstoppable Slasher deals combat damage to a player, they lose half their life, rounded up. When Unstoppable Slasher dies, if it had no counters on it, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control with two stun counters on it.

Creature
Unstoppable Slasher (dsk) 119
Virtus the Veiled

Partner with Gorm the Great (When this creature enters, target player may put Gorm into their hand from their library, then shuffle.) Deathtouch Whenever Virtus the Veiled deals combat damage to a player, that player loses half their life, rounded up.

Creature
Virtus the Veiled (plst) BBD-7
Vorpal Sword

Equipped creature gets +2/+0 and has deathtouch. {5}{B}{B}{B}: Until end of turn, Vorpal Sword gains "Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses the game." Equip {B}{B}

Artifact
Vorpal Sword (afr) 124

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Removal

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An Offer You Can't Refuse

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
An Offer You Can't Refuse (fdn) 160
Arcane Denial

Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Instant
Arcane Denial (dsc) 110
Big Game Hunter

When Big Game Hunter enters, destroy target creature with power 4 or greater. It can't be regenerated. Madness {B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Creature
Big Game Hunter (tsr) 102
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (dsc) 114
Cryptic Command

Choose two — • Counter target spell. • Return target permanent to its owner's hand. • Tap all creatures your opponents control. • Draw a card.

Instant
Cryptic Command (plst) IMA-48
Etrata, the Silencer

Etrata, the Silencer can't be blocked. Whenever Etrata deals combat damage to a player, exile target creature that player controls and put a hit counter on that card. That player loses the game if they own three or more exiled cards with hit counters on them. Etrata's owner shuffles Etrata into their library.

Creature
Etrata, the Silencer (grn) 170
Go for the Throat

Destroy target nonartifact creature.

Instant
Go for the Throat (j25) 447
Hired Poisoner

Deathtouch

Creature
Hired Poisoner (grn) 72
Massacre Girl

Menace When Massacre Girl enters, each other creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Whenever a creature dies this turn, each creature other than Massacre Girl gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

Creature
Massacre Girl (dsc) 146
Negate

Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Negate (mom) 68
Quietus Spike

Equipped creature has deathtouch. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses half their life, rounded up. Equip {3}

Artifact
Quietus Spike (ncc) 377
Raise the Palisade

Choose a creature type. Return all creatures that aren't of the chosen type to their owners' hands.

Sorcery
Raise the Palisade (ltc) 23
Reverse the Polarity

Choose one — • Counter all other spells. • Switch each creature's power and toughness until end of turn. • Creatures can't be blocked this turn.

Instant
Reverse the Polarity (who) 54
River's Rebuke

Return all nonland permanents target player controls to their owner's hand.

Sorcery
River's Rebuke (ncc) 231
Royal Assassin

{T}: Destroy target tapped creature.

Creature
Royal Assassin (acr) 93
Scarblade Elite

{T}, Exile an Assassin card from your graveyard: Destroy target creature.

Creature
Scarblade Elite (mor) 77
Termination Facilitator

{T}: Put a bounty counter on target creature or planeswalker. Activate only as a sorcery. Whenever a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls with a bounty counter on it is dealt damage, destroy it.

Creature
Termination Facilitator (j22) 28
Toxic Deluge

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life. All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.

Sorcery
Toxic Deluge (mh3) 277
Withering Torment

Destroy target creature or enchantment. You lose 2 life.

Instant
Withering Torment (dsk) 124

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Copy

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Double Down

Whenever you cast an outlaw spell, copy that spell. (Assassins, Mercenaries, Pirates, Rogues, and Warlocks are outlaws. Copies of permanent spells become tokens.)

Enchantment
Double Down (otj) 44
Reflections of Littjara

As Reflections of Littjara enters, choose a creature type. Whenever you cast a spell of the chosen type, copy that spell. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)

Enchantment
Reflections of Littjara (lcc) 168

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Land

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Brotherhood Headquarters

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast an Assassin spell or a spell that has freerunning, or to activate an ability of an Assassin source.

Land
Brotherhood Headquarters (acr) 80
Choked Estuary

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

Land
Choked Estuary (mkc) 254
Clearwater Pathway

Land
Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway (znr) 260Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway (znr) 260
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (dsc) 96
Darkwater Catacombs

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

Land
Darkwater Catacombs (otc) 282
Drowned Catacomb

Drowned Catacomb 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 (pip) 264
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (mh2) 483
Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress

Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}. {3}{B}, {T}: Put a shadow counter on target creature. For as long as that creature has a shadow counter on it, it's a Wraith in addition to its other types. (A creature with shadow can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)

Land
Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress (ltc) 514
Path of Ancestry

Path of Ancestry enters tapped. {T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Land
Path of Ancestry (blc) 322
Rogue's Passage

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Rogue's Passage (otc) 313
Shipwreck Marsh

Shipwreck Marsh enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Shipwreck Marsh (inr) 284
Sunken Hollow

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

Land
Sunken Hollow (otc) 325
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (mh2) 486
Tainted Isle

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

Land
Tainted Isle (pip) 299
Underground River

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. Underground River deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Underground River (dsc) 321

Land

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Tokens

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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

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Drain

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Ravenloft Adventurer

When Ravenloft Adventurer enters, you take the initiative. If a creature an opponent controls would die, instead exile it and put a hit counter on it. Whenever Ravenloft Adventurer attacks, if you've completed a dungeon, defending player loses 1 life for each card they own in exile with a hit counter on it.

Creature
Ravenloft Adventurer (clb) 142
Vein Ripper

Flying Ward—Sacrifice a creature. Whenever a creature dies, target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Creature
Vein Ripper (mkm) 110

Drain

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Protection

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Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {0}

Artifact
Lightning Greaves (dsc) 93
Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.) Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Swiftfoot Boots (fdn) 258

Protection

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