---
name: "Assassin's Strike"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "JMP"
set_name: "Jumpstart"
collector_number: "200"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Chase Stone"
oracle_id: "1ad6339d-6206-49bf-bf97-05e6d3bcaab7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/assassins-strike-jmp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Assassin's Strike
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Destroy target creature. Its controller discards a card.

> *When Selesnya missionaries moved into the Shanav Quarter, they faced scorn, ridicule, and ultimately martyrdom.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Notorious Assassin](/printing/notorious-assassin-mmq.md) — Creature — Human Spellshaper Assassin
2. [Assassinate](/printing/assassinate-cns.md) — Sorcery
3. [Eviscerate](/printing/eviscerate-dom.md) — Sorcery
4. [Royal Assassin](/printing/royal-assassin-dmr.md) — Creature — Human Assassin
5. [King's Assassin](/printing/kings-assassin-por.md) — Creature — Human Assassin
6. [Wei Assassins](/printing/wei-assassins-ptk.md) — Creature — Human Soldier Assassin

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Jumpstart (JMP) #200
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Chase Stone
- **Total Printings:** 15 across all historical editions

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