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Royal Assassin

10eTenth Edition#174rare
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Card details
Artist
Mark Zug
Frame
2003
Language
EN
Border
black
Security stamp
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernLegal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Oracle text

Creature — Human Assassin

{T}: Destroy target tapped creature.

P/T1/1
Abilities
Activated{T}: Destroy target tapped creature.
Flavor & art
Trained in the arts of stealth, royal assassins choose their victims carefully, relying on timing and precision rather than brute force.
Illustrated by
Mark Zug
Rulings
  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    Can't target itself because you choose the target before you tap him. At that time he is not yet a legal target.

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    If the creature is no longer tapped when the Assassin's ability resolves, then the ability doesn't resolve.