Assassin's Strike
Return to Ravnica 57 • uncommon
- Set
- Return to Ravnica
- Collector number
- 57
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Chase Stone
- Market price
- $0.05
What it does
Destroy target creature. Its controller discards a card.
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Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Assassin's Strike was released in 2012 as part of the Return to Ravnica expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The card was designed to reflect the mechanics and flavor of the Dimir guild, a shadowy organization of information brokers and assassins operating within the city-plane of Ravnica. Its inclusion in the set was intended to provide players with a targeted removal effect that also incentivized aggressive gameplay through its discard-related secondary ability.
The card features artwork by Clint Cearley, who was tasked with visualizing the stealthy, lethal nature of the Dimir. Cearley employed a dark, high-contrast aesthetic to capture the essence of an assassin operating in the city's underbelly. Upon its release, the card was generally viewed by players as a specialized tool for limited formats, appreciated more for its thematic resonance and utility in specific deck archetypes than as a staple for highly competitive constructed formats.
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