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Hired Blades
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Ezio Auditore da Firenze

Menace Assassin spells you cast have freerunning {B}{B}. (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 {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} if that player has 10 or less life. When you do, that player loses the game.

Creature
Ezio Auditore da Firenze (acr) 25

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Draw

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Adrestia

Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.) Whenever Adrestia attacks, if an Assassin crewed it this turn, draw a card. Adrestia becomes an Assassin in addition to its other types until end of turn. Crew 1

Artifact
Adrestia (acr) 68
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
Evie Frye

Partner with Jacob Frye (When this creature enters, target player may put Jacob into their hand from their library, then shuffle.) {1}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card. When you discard a creature card this way, target creature you control can't be blocked this turn.

Creature
Evie Frye (acr) 19
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
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
Queen Marchesa

Deathtouch, haste When Queen Marchesa enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, if an opponent is the monarch, create a 1/1 black Assassin creature token with deathtouch and haste.

Creature
Queen Marchesa (otc) 239
Twinblade Assassins

At the beginning of your end step, if a creature died this turn, draw a card.

Creature
Twinblade Assassins (m21) 226
Unscrupulous Contractor

When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a creature. When you do, target player draws two cards and loses 2 life. Plot {2}{B} (You may pay {2}{B} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Unscrupulous Contractor (otj) 112
Vanquisher's Banner

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1. Whenever you cast a creature spell of the chosen type, draw a card.

Artifact
Vanquisher's Banner (ltc) 289
Xira, the Golden Sting

Flying, haste Whenever Xira attacks, put an egg counter on another target creature without an egg counter on it. When that creature dies, if it has an egg counter on it, draw a card and create a 1/1 black Insect creature token with flying.

Creature
Xira, the Golden Sting (dmc) 48

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Ramp

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Agility Bobblehead

{T}: Add one mana of any color. {3}, {T}: Up to X target creatures you control each gain haste until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn except by creatures with haste, where X is the number of Bobbleheads you control as you activate this ability.

Artifact
Agility Bobblehead (pip) 126
Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (who) 239
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.

Creature
Edward Kenway (acr) 53
Eivor, Wolf-Kissed

Trample, haste Whenever Eivor deals combat damage to a player, you mill that many cards. You may put a Saga card and/or a land card from among them onto the battlefield.

Creature
Eivor, Wolf-Kissed (acr) 54
Morophon, the Boundless

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) As Morophon enters, choose a creature type. Spells of the chosen type you cast cost {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} less to cast. This effect reduces only the amount of colored mana you pay. Other creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1.

Creature
Morophon, the Boundless (m3c) 157
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.) {3}, Sacrifice two Treasures: Put two +1/+1 counters on each creature you control. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Olivia, Opulent Outlaw (otc) 2
Patchwork Banner

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Patchwork Banner (pmei) 2024-7
Shaun & Rebecca, Agents

Vigilance When Shaun & Rebecca enters, search your graveyard, hand, and library for a card named The Animus and put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. {T}: Add {C}. When you do, mill two cards.

Creature
Shaun & Rebecca, Agents (acr) 64
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (lcc) 313
Wayfarer's Bauble

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Artifact
Wayfarer's Bauble (m3c) 315

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Untap

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Manifold Key

{1}, {T}: Untap another target artifact. {3}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Artifact
Manifold Key (clb) 319

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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
Arno Dorian

Deathtouch Other Assassins you control get +2/+0. Disguise {B}{R} (You may cast this card face down for {3} as a 2/2 creature with ward {2}. Turn it face up any time for its disguise cost.)

Creature
Arno Dorian (acr) 47
Bayek of Siwa

Double strike During your turn, other historic creatures you control have double strike. Disguise {1}{R}{W} (You may cast this card face down for {3} as a 2/2 creature with ward {2}. Turn it face up any time for its disguise cost.)

Creature
Bayek of Siwa (acr) 50
Coat of Arms

Each creature gets +1/+1 for each other creature on the battlefield that shares at least one creature type with it. (For example, if two Goblin Warriors and a Goblin Shaman are on the battlefield, each gets +2/+2.)

Artifact
Coat of Arms (dds) 58

Anthem

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Evasion

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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
Brotherhood Regalia

Equipped creature has ward {2}, is an Assassin in addition to its other types, and can't be blocked. Equip legendary creature {1} Equip {3} ({3}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Brotherhood Regalia (acr) 71
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
Changeling Outcast

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

Creature
Changeling Outcast (otc) 128
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
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
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
Suq'Ata Assassin

Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.) Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, defending player gets a poison counter. (A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game.)

Creature
Suq'Ata Assassin (vis) 69
Trailblazer's Boots

Equipped creature has nonbasic landwalk. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a nonbasic land.) Equip {2}

Artifact
Trailblazer's Boots (ltr) 398

Evasion

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Recursion

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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.

Creature
Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad (acr) 45
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
Layla Hassan

First strike When Layla Hassan enters and whenever one or more Assassins you control deal combat damage to a player, return target historic card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Layla Hassan (acr) 177
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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Copy

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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. {T}: 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.

Artifact
The Animus (acr) 69

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Finisher

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Brotherhood Ambushers

Freerunning {3}{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.)

Creature
Brotherhood Ambushers (acr) 285
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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Removal

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Boilerbilges Ripper

When this creature enters, you may sacrifice another creature or enchantment. When you do, this creature deals 2 damage to any target.

Creature
Boilerbilges Ripper (dsk) 127
Callidus Assassin

Flash Polymorphine — You may have this creature enter tapped as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it has "When this creature enters, destroy up to one other target creature with the same name as this creature."

Creature
Callidus Assassin (40k) 109
Chain Assassination

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.) Destroy target creature. If another creature died this turn, draw a card.

Instant
Chain Assassination (acr) 23
Crippling Fear

Choose a creature type. Creatures that aren't of the chosen type get -3/-3 until end of turn.

Sorcery
Crippling Fear (pw24) 17
Feed the Swarm

Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.

Sorcery
Feed the Swarm (lcc) 198
Go for the Throat

Destroy target nonartifact creature.

Instant
Go for the Throat (acr) 91
Hero's Downfall

Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Instant
Hero's Downfall (fdn) 175
Hidden Blade

Flash When this Equipment enters, attach it to target creature you control. If that creature is an Assassin, it gains deathtouch until end of turn. Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and has first strike. Equip {2}

Artifact
Hidden Blade (acr) 73
Infernal Grasp

Destroy target creature. You lose 2 life.

Instant
Infernal Grasp (inr) 119
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 (rvr) 83
Nekrataal

First strike When this creature enters, destroy target nonartifact, nonblack creature. That creature can't be regenerated.

Creature
Nekrataal (ema) 99
Phantom Blade

When this Equipment enters, attach it to up to one target creature you control. Destroy up to one other target creature. Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has menace. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) Equip {2}

Artifact
Phantom Blade (acr) 29
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 (brr) 109
Rooftop Assassin

Flash Flying, lifelink When this creature enters, destroy target creature an opponent controls that was dealt damage this turn.

Creature
Rooftop Assassin (otj) 103
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.

Enchantment
The Revelations of Ezio (acr) 31
Thraximundar

Haste Whenever Thraximundar attacks, defending player sacrifices a creature of their choice. Whenever a player sacrifices a creature, you may put a +1/+1 counter on Thraximundar.

Creature
Thraximundar (2x2) 287
Tragic Slip

Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Morbid — That creature gets -13/-13 until end of turn instead if a creature died this turn.

Instant
Tragic Slip (inr) 134

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Counters

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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 {B}{G} (You may cast this card face down for {3} as a 2/2 creature with ward {2}. Turn it face up any time for its disguise cost.)

Creature
Aveline de Grandpré (acr) 40
Cindering Cutthroat

This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it if an opponent lost life this turn. {1}{B/R}: This creature gains menace until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

Creature
Cindering Cutthroat (blb) 208

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Land

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Access Tunnel

{T}: Add {C}. {3}, {T}: Target creature with power 3 or less can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Access Tunnel (mkc) 247
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
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (onc) 151
Path of Ancestry

This land 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 (drc) 61
Rogue's Passage

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

Land
Rogue's Passage (fdn) 264
Secluded Courtyard

As this land enters, choose a creature type. {T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell of the chosen type or activate an ability of a creature source of the chosen type.

Land
Secluded Courtyard (fdn) 267
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (znr) 382
Unclaimed Territory

As this land enters, choose a creature type. {T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell of the chosen type.

Land
Unclaimed Territory (lcc) 366

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Theft

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Petty Larceny

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.) Look at the top two cards of target opponent's library and exile those cards face down. You may play those cards for as long as they remain exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast them. Create a Treasure token.

Sorcery
Petty Larceny (acr) 28

Theft

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Drain

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Arbaaz Mir

Whenever Arbaaz Mir or another nontoken historic permanent you control enters, Arbaaz Mir deals 1 damage to each opponent and you gain 1 life. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

Creature
Arbaaz Mir (acr) 46
Ravenloft Adventurer

When this creature enters, you take the initiative. If a creature an opponent controls would die, instead exile it and put a hit counter on it. Whenever this creature 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

Drain

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Protection

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Smoke Bomb

Flash All creatures have shroud. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities.) At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact. When you do, target creature you control can't be blocked this turn.

Artifact
Smoke Bomb (acr) 75
Whispersilk Cloak

Equipped creature can't be blocked and has shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {2}

Artifact
Whispersilk Cloak (dsc) 257

Protection

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Tokens

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Aya of Alexandria

Menace, lifelink Whenever a historic creature you control deals combat damage to a player, create a 1/1 black Assassin creature token with menace. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

Creature
Aya of Alexandria (acr) 48
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.

Creature
Ratonhnhaké꞉ton (acr) 62

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Deck Info

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10 pips - 10 cards
8 mana - 8 cards
12 pips - 12 cards
8 mana - 8 cards
46 pips - 40 cards
37 mana - 37 cards
13 pips - 13 cards
8 mana - 8 cards
6 pips - 5 cards
8 mana - 8 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
8 mana - 7 cards
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