Name
Royal Assassin
Mana Cost
Type
Creature — Human Assassin
Set
Ninth Edition
Rarity
Rare
Text
: Destroy target tapped creature.
Flavor Text
Trained in the arts of stealth, royal assassins choose their victims carefully, relying on timing and precision rather than brute force.
Power/Toughness
1/1
Number
#159
Other Prints
Tenth Edition
Unlimited Edition
30th Anniversary Edition
Revised Edition
Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border
Fourth Edition
Eighth Edition
Assassin's Creed
Collectors' Edition
Intl. Collectors' Edition
Dominaria Remastered
Foreign Black Border
Limited Edition Alpha
Limited Edition Beta
Magic 2010
Magic 2011
Magic 2012
Japan Junior Tournament
Junior Series Europe
Magic Online Promos
Junior Super Series
Summer Magic / Edgar
Legal Formats
Commander | Duel | Legacy | Modern | Oathbreaker | Penny | Premodern | Vintage
Availability
Magic Online | Paper
Rulings
(04/10/2004)
Can't target itself because you choose the target before you tap him. At that time he is not yet a legal target.
(04/10/2004)
If the creature is no longer tapped when the Assassin's ability resolves, then the ability doesn't resolve.
Artist
Mark Zug
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