---
name: "Assassinate"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "CNS"
set_name: "Conspiracy"
collector_number: "113"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Kev Walker"
oracle_id: "ce979f36-84f2-4419-b400-971263494cc6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/assassinate-cns"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Assassinate
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Destroy target tapped creature.

> *"This is how wars are won—not with armies of soldiers but with a single knife blade, artfully placed."
—Yurin, royal assassin*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Death Stroke](/printing/death-stroke-sth.md) — Sorcery
2. [Royal Assassin](/printing/royal-assassin-dmr.md) — Creature — Human Assassin
3. [Asphyxiate](/printing/asphyxiate-bng.md) — Sorcery
4. [King's Assassin](/printing/kings-assassin-por.md) — Creature — Human Assassin
5. [Assassin's Strike](/printing/assassins-strike-jmp.md) — Sorcery
6. [Abyssal Hunter](/printing/abyssal-hunter-mir.md) — Creature — Human Assassin

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Conspiracy (CNS) #113
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Kev Walker
- **Total Printings:** 60 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`