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Assassin's Trophy

Instant MV 2

Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.

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What it doesRulingsIn the 99Every version

What it does

Destroy target permanent an opponent controls. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Rulings

6 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.

  • 2018-10-05

    If the permanent's controller doesn't search their library, they don't shuffle their library.

  • 2018-10-05

    If the target permanent is a legal target but isn't destroyed, most likely because it has indestructible, its controller may search their library.

  • 2018-10-05

    If the target permanent is an illegal target by the time Assassin's Trophy tries to resolve, the spell doesn't resolve. No player searches their library.

  • 2024-02-02

    If the target permanent is an illegal target by the time Assassin's Trophy tries to resolve, the spell doesn't resolve. No player searches their library.

  • 2024-02-02

    If the target permanent is a legal target but isn't destroyed, most likely because it has indestructible, its controller may search their library.

  • 2024-02-02

    If the permanent's controller doesn't search their library, they don't shuffle their library.

Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.

In the 99

Every deck whose current list includes Assassin's Trophy, whatever its commander.

Decks running it 32
Games played 3
Win rate — Fewer than 5 completed games — not enough to publish a rate yet.
Confirmed on board 0 Games where a board photo caught it actually in play.

Most played under

Commander Decks Games Win rate
Auntie Ool, Cursewretch 3 0 —
Heroes in a Half Shell 3 0 —
Ezio Auditore da Firenze 2 0 —
Hearthhull, the Worldseed 2 0 —
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord 1 3 —
Aphelia, Viper Whisperer 1 0 —
Atraxa, Praetors' Voice 1 0 —
Chevill, Bane of Monsters 1 0 —

Colors it shows up in

  • Golgari 7 decks
  • Five-Color 7 decks
  • Jund 6 decks
  • Sultai 3 decks
  • Four-Color (no Red) 1 deck

Every version of Assassin's Trophy

17 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly — a printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall genuinely publishes none for some of them.

Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Assassin's Trophy — a name search across every version, for the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.

Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only — no individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.