Garza's Assassin

Garza's Assassin

Creature — Human Assassin

Mana cost: {B}{B}{B}

How we read this card

Destroy target nonblack creature.

activated Sacrifice this creature —

activated Sacrifice this creature —

Recover—Pay half your life, rounded up.

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

an Assassin creature in a graveyard — 2 cards in the game can cause this (Garza's Assassin is one).

When Garza's Assassin is in the graveyard:

  1. The Revelations of Ezio — can bring it back
  2. Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad — can bring it back

a Human creature in a graveyard — 142 cards in the game can cause this (Garza's Assassin is one).

When Garza's Assassin is in the graveyard:

  1. Survivors' Bond — can bring it back
  2. Angel of Glory's Rise — can bring it back

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Human creature dies — 143 cards in the game can cause this (Garza's Assassin is one).

When Garza's Assassin is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Xathrid Necromancer — makes a token
  2. Village Cannibals — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a nontoken Human is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 150 cards in the game can cause this (Garza's Assassin is one).

  1. Jerren, Corrupted Bishop // Ormendahl, the Corrupter — When Garza's Assassin is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Jerren, Corrupted Bishop // Ormendahl, the Corrupter makes you lose life

a Human is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 151 cards in the game can cause this (Garza's Assassin is one).

  1. Laid to Rest — When Garza's Assassin is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Laid to Rest draws you 1 card

an Assassin deals combat damage — 212 cards in the game can cause this (Garza's Assassin is one).

When Garza's Assassin deals combat damage:

  1. Layla Hassan — brings a card back
  2. Ezio, Blade of Vengeance — draws you 1 card
  3. Etrata, Deadly Fugitive — triggers
  4. Jacob Frye — exiles a card from your graveyard

an Assassin attacks — 212 cards in the game can cause this (Garza's Assassin is one).

  1. Origin of the Hidden Ones — When Garza's Assassin attacks, Origin of the Hidden Ones makes a token

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an Assassin creature it grants types to — 219 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Reaper's Scythe — Reaper's Scythe gives Garza's Assassin an extra creature type

218 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Garza's Assassin is one).

When you sacrifice Garza's Assassin:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Garza's Assassin is one).

When you sacrifice Garza's Assassin:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

19 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Garza's Assassin is one).

When Garza's Assassin is in the graveyard:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring it back
  2. Havengul Lich — can bring it back
  3. Liliana the Repentant — can bring it back
  4. Paleoloth — can bring it back
  5. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring it back
  6. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring it back
  7. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring it back
  8. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring it back
  9. Necromantic Thirst — can bring it back
  10. Krile Baldesion — can bring it back

799 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Garza's Assassin is one).

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — When Garza's Assassin dies, Zahur, Glory's Past makes a token
  2. Vraska, the Silencer — When a creature dies thanks to Garza's Assassin, Vraska, the Silencer brings a card back
  3. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — When Garza's Assassin dies, Liesa, Forgotten Archangel brings a card back
  4. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — When Garza's Assassin dies, Avacyn, Angel of Horror brings a card back
  5. Yedora, Grave Gardener — When Garza's Assassin dies, Yedora, Grave Gardener brings a card back
  6. Nim Deathmantle — When Garza's Assassin dies, Nim Deathmantle brings a card back
  7. Valkyrie's Call — When Garza's Assassin dies, Valkyrie's Call brings a card back
  8. Decaying Soil — When Garza's Assassin dies, Decaying Soil brings a card back
  9. High-Society Hunter — When Garza's Assassin dies, High-Society Hunter draws you 1 card
  10. Overseer of the Damned — When a creature dies thanks to Garza's Assassin, Overseer of the Damned makes a token

60 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (Garza's Assassin is one).

When Garza's Assassin dies:

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Saffi Eriksdotter — sacrifices itself

457 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Garza's Assassin is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When Garza's Assassin leaves the battlefield, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

34 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Garza's Assassin is one).

Garza's Assassin fills your graveyard toward the:

  1. Havi, the All-Father — 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
  2. Repentant Vampire — 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs

442 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Garza's Assassin is one).

When Garza's Assassin attacks:

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — makes a token
  2. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  3. Clavileño, First of the Blessed — turns something into a creature

147 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Garza's Assassin is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Garza's Assassin attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

220 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Garza's Assassin is one).

  1. Quirion Beastcaller — When Garza's Assassin is cast, Quirion Beastcaller puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

90 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Garza's Assassin is one).

When Garza's Assassin enters:

  1. Boss's Chauffeur — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Dinosaur Egg — puts a counter on itself

449 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.