Assassin's Strike
Sorcery
When Selesnya missionaries moved into the Shanav Quarter, they faced scorn, ridicule, and ultimately martyrdom.
Artist:
Chase StoneShare:
Text:
Destroy target creature. Its controller discards a card.
Rulings:
- 10/1/2012 You must be able to target a creature to cast Assassin’s Strike.
- 10/1/2012 If the creature is an illegal target when Assassin’s Strike tries to resolve, it won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. Its controller won’t discard a card.
- 7/1/2013 If Assassin’s Strike resolves but the creature isn’t destroyed (perhaps because it regenerated or has indestructible), its controller will discard a card.
Legality:
- standard: Not legal
- future: Not legal
- frontier: Not legal
- modern: Legal
- legacy: Legal
- pauper: Not legal
- vintage: Legal
- penny: Legal
- commander: Legal
- 1v1: Legal
- duel: Legal
- brawl: Legal
- oldschool: Not legal
- historic: Legal
- pioneer: Legal
- gladiator: Legal
- premodern: Not legal
- historicbrawl: Legal
- paupercommander: Not legal
- alchemy: Not legal
- explorer: Legal
- predh: Not legal
- oathbreaker: Legal
- timeless: Legal
- standardbrawl: Not legal
Sets:
- Battlebond #138 (uncommon)
- Return to Ravnica #57 (uncommon)
- Jumpstart #200 (uncommon)