Stalking Assassin

Stalking Assassin

Creature — Human Assassin

Mana cost: {1}{U}{B}

How we read this card

Tap target creature.

activated {3}{U}, {T} —

Destroy target tapped creature.

activated {3}{B}, {T} —

Causes: tap a creature, a creature dies.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

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

When Stalking 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 (Stalking Assassin is one).

When Stalking 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 Stalking Assassin an extra creature type

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

a creature becomes tapped — 565 cards in the game can cause this (Stalking Assassin is one).

  1. Chrome Companion — When Chrome Companion becomes tapped thanks to Stalking Assassin, it gains you 1 life
  2. Unctus, Grand Metatect — When Stalking Assassin becomes tapped, Unctus, Grand Metatect draws you 1 card
  3. Sharae of Numbing Depths — When Stalking Assassin becomes tapped, Sharae of Numbing Depths draws you 1 card
  4. Rewrite History — When Stalking Assassin becomes tapped, Rewrite History draws you 1 card
  5. Stinging Licid — When Stalking Assassin becomes tapped, Stinging Licid deals 2 damage
  6. Gideon's Avenger — When Stalking Assassin becomes tapped, Gideon's Avenger puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Icewrought Sentry — When Stalking Assassin becomes tapped, Icewrought Sentry gets +2/+1
  8. Cryoshatter — When Stalking Assassin becomes tapped, Cryoshatter kills a creature
  9. Don't Move — When Stalking Assassin becomes tapped, Don't Move kills a creature
  10. Hylda of the Icy Crown — When Stalking Assassin becomes tapped, Hylda of the Icy Crown triggers

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

anything becomes tapped — 699 cards in the game can cause this (Stalking Assassin is one).

  1. Gran-Gran — When Gran-Gran becomes tapped thanks to Stalking Assassin, it draws you 1 card

1 other card cares 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 (Stalking Assassin is one).

Stalking Assassin puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring back
  2. The Deck of Many Things — can bring back
  3. Afterlife from the Loam — can bring back
  4. Crypt Champion — can bring back
  5. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — can bring back
  6. Push // Pull — can bring back
  7. Vivien on the Hunt — can bring back
  8. Virtus's Maneuver — can bring back
  9. Dredger's Insight — can bring back
  10. Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest — 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 (Stalking Assassin is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Stalking 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 (Stalking Assassin is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Stalking Assassin:

  1. Journey to Eternity // Atzal, Cave of Eternity — brings a card back
  2. Avatar Destiny — mills a card
  3. Blood Spatter Analysis — mills a card

458 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 (Stalking Assassin is one).

When Stalking Assassin attacks:

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — makes a token
  2. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — puts a counter on a creature
  3. Banon, the Returners' Leader — draws and discards

145 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 (Stalking Assassin is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Stalking 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.

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

  1. Liliana the Repentant — When Stalking Assassin enters, Liliana the Repentant mills a card

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