Notorious Assassin

Notorious Assassin

Creature — Human Spellshaper Assassin

Mana cost: {3}{B}

How we read this card

Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

activated {2}{B}, {T}, Discard a card —

activated {2}{B}, {T}, Discard a card —

Causes: discard a card, a creature dies.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

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

When Notorious 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 (Notorious Assassin is one).

When Notorious Assassin attacks:

  1. The Revelations of Ezio — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Origin of the Hidden Ones — makes a token

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

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

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

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Notorious Assassin is one).

When Notorious Assassin makes a player discard a card:

  1. Ivora, Insatiable Heir — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Cool but Rude — deals 2 damage
  3. Containment Construct — brings a card back
  4. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — brings a card back
  5. Lazotep Chancellor — puts 2 counters on a Zombie or Army
  6. Magmakin Artillerist — deals that much damage
  7. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  8. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  9. Currency Converter — exiles it
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

52 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 (Notorious Assassin is one).

Notorious Assassin puts cards into the graveyard that:

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

When a creature dies thanks to Notorious Assassin:

  1. Vraska, the Silencer — brings a card back
  2. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  3. Overseer of the Damned — makes a token
  4. Shelob, Dread Weaver — hits a graveyard
  5. Ghoulish Procession — makes a token
  6. Ogre Slumlord — makes a token
  7. Minotaur, Roxxon CEO — makes a token
  8. Harvester of Souls — draws you 1 card
  9. Magus of the Bridge — exiles itself
  10. Koh, the Face Stealer — exiles it

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 (Notorious Assassin is one).

  1. Sangromancer — When a creature dies thanks to Notorious Assassin, Sangromancer gains you 3 life

460 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 (Notorious Assassin is one).

  1. Decaying Soil — Notorious Assassin fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Decaying Soil needs

443 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 (Notorious Assassin is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Notorious Assassin attacks, Shaun, Father of Synths makes a token

148 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 (Notorious Assassin is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Notorious Assassin attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

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