Assassin's Strike
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Return to RavnicaRTR · #57
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.06 € · ★ 0.15 € · 0.05 $ · ★ 0.89 $
- Mana value
- 6
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Destroy target creature. Its controller discards a card.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Chase Stone
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2012-10-05
Flavour text
When Selesnya missionaries moved into the Shanav Quarter, they faced scorn, ridicule, and ultimately martyrdom.
Rulings
If the creature is an illegal target when Assassin’s Strike tries to resolve, it won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. Its controller won’t discard a card.
You must be able to target a creature to cast Assassin’s Strike.
If Assassin’s Strike resolves but the creature isn’t destroyed (perhaps because it regenerated or has indestructible), its controller will discard a card.
