Armed Assailant
Marvel Super Heroes Commander 647 • common
- Set
- Marvel Super Heroes Commander
- Collector number
- 647
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- John Thacker
- Market price
- $0.22
What it does
Deathtouch
As long as this creature is equipped, it gets +2/+0 and has menace. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
"No matter where you flee, I shall find you and destroy you!"— Melter, Bruno Horgan
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Armed Assailant card is a foundational element of the Marvel Super Heroes Commander set, a strategic trading card game released during the height of the Marvel trading card craze in the 1990s. Designed to capture the gritty, action-oriented aesthetic that defined comic book illustrations of that era, the card features a generic but menacing mercenary archetype intended to populate the decks of players engaging in tabletop skirmishes. It was produced as part of an effort to expand the Marvel brand into the burgeoning collectible card game market, which aimed to translate the intensity of high-stakes comic panels into a functional game mechanic.
The visual direction for the set focused on sharp linework and bold, primary-heavy color palettes, consistent with the House style of Marvel Comics at the time. Illustrators for this series were tasked with creating identifiable, recognizable character silhouettes that could clearly signal their function to players during fast-paced play. While the Armed Assailant is a relatively common piece within the set, it remains a nostalgic touchstone for collectors of nineties ephemera, representing a period when comic publishers were aggressively exploring new interactive media to deepen fan engagement.
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