Assassinate
Time Spiral Remastered 101 • common
- Set
- Time Spiral Remastered
- Collector number
- 101
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Kev Walker
- Market price
- $0.06
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 community 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 originally released in the 2006 Time Spiral expansion, designed to evoke the flavor of classic Magic: The Gathering through a mechanical tribute to past card designs. It belongs to the black color pie, utilizing the 'destroy target tapped creature' effect, which balances efficiency with the requirement that the target must be vulnerable. The card draws on a long tradition of black removal spells that punish players for overextending their board state during their own turn.
The Time Spiral Remastered version, numbered 101, re-released the card in 2021 as part of a curated draft experience intended to blend the most iconic and mechanically significant cards from the original Time Spiral block. The art by Greg Staples captures a stark, cinematic moment of an assassination, fitting the card's function as a precision strike. It was well-received by players for its role as a solid common-rarity utility card that provides essential interaction in Limited formats.
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