Zombie Assassin

Zombie Assassin

Creature — Zombie Assassin

Mana cost: {4}{B}

How we read this card

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

activated {T}, Exile two cards from your graveyard and this creature —

activated {T}, Exile two cards from your graveyard and this creature —

activated {T}, Exile two cards from your graveyard and this creature —

Causes: exile a card, anything leaves a graveyard, exile a creature, a creature leaves the battlefield, a creature dies.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

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

When Zombie 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 (Zombie Assassin is one).

When Zombie 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 Zombie Assassin an extra creature type

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

a Zombie deals combat damage — 657 cards in the game can cause this (Zombie Assassin is one).

  1. Undead Alchemist — When Zombie Assassin deals combat damage, Undead Alchemist mills a card

a Zombie attacks — 657 cards in the game can cause this (Zombie Assassin is one).

  1. Varina, Lich Queen — When Zombie Assassin attacks, Varina, Lich Queen draws you that many cards

a nontoken Zombie enters the battlefield — 661 cards in the game can cause this (Zombie Assassin is one).

  1. Necroduality — When Zombie Assassin enters, Necroduality makes a token

a Zombie it boosts — 669 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Cursecloth Wrappings — Cursecloth Wrappings gives Zombie Assassin bigger stats

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

a Zombie enters the battlefield — 795 cards in the game can cause this (Zombie Assassin is one).

When Zombie Assassin enters:

  1. Noxious Ghoul — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  2. Geralf, the Fleshwright — puts counters on a permanent
  3. Wayward Servant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Champion of the Perished — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Mummy Paramount — gets +1/+1
  6. Unconventional Tactics — returns itself from the graveyard
  7. Binding Mummy — taps a creature or artifact

a nontoken creature is exiled — 995 cards in the game can cause this (Zombie Assassin is one).

  1. The War Games — When Zombie Assassin is exiled, The War Games exiles a Warrior

a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (Zombie Assassin is one).

When Zombie Assassin is exiled:

  1. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  2. Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Kaya, Spirits' Justice — copies a permanent
  4. Soulherder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Kaya's Ghostform — blinks a permanent

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

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Zombie Assassin is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When Zombie Assassin is exiled, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself
  2. God-Eternal Oketra — When God-Eternal Oketra is exiled thanks to Zombie Assassin, it triggers

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Zombie Assassin is one).

When Zombie Assassin leaves a graveyard:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

13 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 (Zombie Assassin is one).

Zombie 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 (Zombie Assassin is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Zombie 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. Magus of the Bridge — exiles itself
  7. Koh, the Face Stealer — exiles it

63 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 (Zombie Assassin is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Zombie Assassin:

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

460 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 (Zombie Assassin is one).

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

33 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 (Zombie Assassin is one).

  1. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Zombie Assassin puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back

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 (Zombie Assassin is one).

When Zombie 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

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 (Zombie Assassin is one).

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

219 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 (Zombie Assassin is one).

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

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