Garza's Assassin
Coldsnap 57 • rare
- Set
- Coldsnap
- Collector number
- 57
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- black mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Paolo Parente
- Market price
- $1.08
What it does
Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target nonblack creature.
Recover—Pay half your life, rounded up. (When another creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay half your life, rounded up. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Otherwise, exile this card.)
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Garza's Assassin was released in 2006 as part of the Coldsnap expansion for Magic: The Gathering. This set was uniquely designed as the lost third set of the Ice Age block, intended to complete a narrative arc that had been left unresolved for over a decade. The card itself embodies the thematic chill and high-stakes maneuvering of the block's snowy, frost-bitten setting.
The card's striking illustration was crafted by artist Christopher Rush, a foundational figure in the game's early visual identity. His design for the assassin sought to capture a sense of lethal, shadowy precision fitting for a card that utilizes a coin-flipping mechanic to determine its target's fate. It remains a notable example of the high-risk, high-reward gameplay characteristic of the mid-2000s design era.
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