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Commander
Size: 100Est cost: $416.56Salt sum: 28.87
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120 views11 days ago
Commander
Size: 100Est cost: $416.56Salt sum: 28.87
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Commander
Ezio Auditore da Firenze
Menace
Assassin spells you cast have freerunning . (You may cast a spell for its freerunning cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with an Assassin or commander.)
Whenever Ezio deals combat damage to a player, you may pay if that player has 10 or less life. When you do, that player loses the game.
Assassin spells you cast have freerunning . (You may cast a spell for its freerunning cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with an Assassin or commander.)
Whenever Ezio deals combat damage to a player, you may pay if that player has 10 or less life. When you do, that player loses the game.
Legendary Creature - Human Assassin
Commander
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Anthem
Achilles Davenport
Freerunning (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.
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Other Assassins you control get +1/+1.
Legendary Creature - Human Assassin
Anthem
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Copy
The Animus
At the beginning of your end step, exile up to one target legendary creature card from a graveyard with a memory counter on it.
: Until your next turn, target legendary creature you control becomes a copy of target creature card in exile with a memory counter on it. Activate only as a sorcery.
: Until your next turn, target legendary creature you control becomes a copy of target creature card in exile with a memory counter on it. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legendary Artifact
Copy
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Counters
Aveline de Grandpré
Deathtouch
Whenever a creature you control with deathtouch deals combat damage to a player, put that many +1/+1 counters on that creature.
Disguise (You may cast this card face down for as a 2/2 creature with ward . Turn it face up any time for its disguise cost.)
Whenever a creature you control with deathtouch deals combat damage to a player, put that many +1/+1 counters on that creature.
Disguise (You may cast this card face down for as a 2/2 creature with ward . Turn it face up any time for its disguise cost.)
Legendary Creature - Human Assassin
Counters
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Drain
Drain
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Draw
Adéwalé, Breaker of Chains
When Adéwalé enters, reveal the top six cards of your library. Put an Assassin, Pirate, or Vehicle card from among them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Whenever a Vehicle you control deals combat damage to a player, you may return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
Whenever a Vehicle you control deals combat damage to a player, you may return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
Legendary Creature - Human Assassin Pirate
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.
Whenever Basim Ibn Ishaq deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
Legendary Creature - Human Assassin
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 is every creature type.)
• 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 is every creature type.)
Enchantment
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."
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."
Legendary Creature - Vampire Assassin
Draw
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Evasion
Evasion
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Finisher
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 deals combat damage to a player, that player loses half their life, rounded up.
Deathtouch
Whenever Virtus deals combat damage to a player, that player loses half their life, rounded up.
Legendary Creature - Assassin Azra
Finisher
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Land
Land
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Protection
Protection
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Ramp
Edward Kenway
At the beginning of your end step, create a Treasure token for each tapped Assassin, Pirate, and/or Vehicle you control.
Whenever a Vehicle you control deals combat damage to a player, look at the top card of that player's library, then exile it face down. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled.
Whenever a Vehicle you control deals combat damage to a player, look at the top card of that player's library, then exile it face down. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled.
Legendary Creature - Human Assassin Pirate
Olivia, Opulent Outlaw
Flying, lifelink
Whenever one or more outlaws you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. (Assassins, Mercenaries, Pirates, Rogues, and Warlocks are outlaws.)
, Sacrifice two Treasures: Put two +1/+1 counters on each creature you control. Activate only as a sorcery.
Whenever one or more outlaws you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. (Assassins, Mercenaries, Pirates, Rogues, and Warlocks are outlaws.)
, Sacrifice two Treasures: Put two +1/+1 counters on each creature you control. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legendary Creature - Vampire Assassin
Sword of Hearth and Home
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from green and from white.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, exile up to one target creature you own, then search your library for a basic land card. Put both cards onto the battlefield under your control, then shuffle.
Equip
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, exile up to one target creature you own, then search your library for a basic land card. Put both cards onto the battlefield under your control, then shuffle.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Viewpoint Synchronization
Freerunning (You may cast this spell for its freerunning cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with an Assassin or commander.)
Search your library for up to three basic land cards and reveal them. Put two of them onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.
Search your library for up to three basic land cards and reveal them. Put two of them onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Ramp
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Recursion
Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
First strike
Whenever Altaïr attacks, exile up to one target Assassin creature card from your graveyard with a memory counter on it. Then for each creature card you own in exile with a memory counter on it, create a tapped and attacking token that's a copy of it. Exile those tokens at end of combat.
Whenever Altaïr attacks, exile up to one target Assassin creature card from your graveyard with a memory counter on it. Then for each creature card you own in exile with a memory counter on it, create a tapped and attacking token that's a copy of it. Exile those tokens at end of combat.
Legendary Creature - Human Assassin
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.
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.
Legendary Creature - Human Assassin
Recursion
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Removal
Etrata, the Silencer
Etrata 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.
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.
Legendary Creature - Vampire Assassin
The Revelations of Ezio
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Destroy target tapped creature an opponent controls.
II — Whenever an Assassin you control attacks this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
III — Return target Assassin creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.
I — Destroy target tapped creature an opponent controls.
II — Whenever an Assassin you control attacks this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
III — Return target Assassin creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.
Enchantment - Saga
Removal
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Theft
Etrata, Deadly Fugitive
Deathtouch
Face-down creatures you control have ": 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.
Face-down creatures you control have ": 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.
Legendary Creature - Vampire Assassin
Theft
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Tokens
Ratonhnhaké꞉ton
As long as Ratonhnhaké꞉ton hasn't dealt damage yet, it has hexproof and can't be blocked.
Whenever Ratonhnhaké꞉ton deals combat damage to a player, create a 1/1 black Assassin creature token with menace. When you do, return target Equipment card from your graveyard to the battlefield, then attach it to that token.
Whenever Ratonhnhaké꞉ton deals combat damage to a player, create a 1/1 black Assassin creature token with menace. When you do, return target Equipment card from your graveyard to the battlefield, then attach it to that token.
Legendary Creature - Human Assassin
Tokens
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This provides a backup Ezio if the original is removed, though the token is exiled at end of combat."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Haystack Protection:"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" Use "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Haystack"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" to phase out Ezio in response to removal or before blocks to ensure his combat damage trigger resolves safely."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Ramses Setup:"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" Ramses requires the player to have been attacked by an Assassin you control "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"this turn"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" to trigger the \"you win\" clause. Ensure Ezio is declared as an attacker before using his ability to kill them."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Kindred Discovery sequencing:"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" With Discovery in play, each attacking Assassin draws you two cards (one for entering if you flashed them in, one for attacking). This can dig you into protection like "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Keep Safe"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Rootborn Defenses"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":"."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"Weaknesses:"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Critical"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Board Wipes:"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Toxic Deluge"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Wrath of God"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":", or "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Fire Covenant"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" destroy the creature-heavy mana curve and Assassin density required for freerunning and win conditions. 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