Assassinate
Time Spiral 95 • common
- Set
- Time Spiral
- Collector number
- 95
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Kev Walker
- Market price
- $0.04
What it does
Destroy target tapped creature.
The rulers of old Dominaria kept assassins on retainer. However, the true loyalty of these master killers was always to their peers. This elite brotherhood survived the fall of the old royal order.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Assassinate was released in the 2006 Magic: The Gathering set Time Spiral. As a set designed to evoke the history of the game through mechanical callbacks and nostalgia, Time Spiral featured numerous cards that referenced or directly reprinted mechanics and themes from Magic's earlier years. Assassinate serves as a functional black removal spell that specifically targets tapped creatures, a tactical design intended to reward reactive play and punish opponents for committing resources to an attack.
The card features illustration by Kev Walker, a prominent artist whose contributions have defined the visual style of thousands of cards across the game's history. Walker's depiction focuses on the visceral moment of the titular action, utilizing a dark, moody palette characteristic of the black color identity in Magic. Upon its release, the card was received as a solid, dependable tool for Limited formats, where the ability to remove a single creature efficiently is a staple of black’s strategic repertoire.
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