Royal Assassin

Mana Cost

Type

Creature – Human Assassin

Rarity

Rare

rules 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.

Artist

P/T

1/1

Set

Number

174

printings (0)

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(10/4/2004)

Can't target itself because you choose the target before you tap him. At that time he is not yet a legal target.

(10/4/2004)

If the creature is no longer tapped when the Assassin's ability resolves, then the ability doesn't resolve.