---
name: "Briarblade Adept"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Elf Assassin"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Encore"]
set: "CMR"
set_name: "Commander Legends"
collector_number: "111"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Uriah Voth"
oracle_id: "6680a5f7-3ac1-4550-a29a-9553ad7ae465"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/briarblade-adept-cmr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Briarblade Adept
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Elf Assassin
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/4
- **Keywords:** Encore

## Oracle Text
Whenever this creature attacks, target creature an opponent controls gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Encore {3}{B} ({3}{B}, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Eyeblight Assassin](/printing/eyeblight-assassin-bbd.md) — Creature — Elf Assassin
2. [Scarblade Elite](/printing/scarblade-elite-mor.md) — Creature — Elf Assassin
3. [Lys Alana Scarblade](/printing/lys-alana-scarblade-ema.md) — Creature — Elf Assassin
4. [Exquisite Huntmaster](/printing/exquisite-huntmaster-cmr.md) — Creature — Elf Warrior
5. [Hunter of Eyeblights](/printing/hunter-of-eyeblights-plst.md) — Creature — Elf Assassin
6. [Elvish Dreadlord](/printing/elvish-dreadlord-cmr.md) — Creature — Zombie Elf

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Legends (CMR) #111
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Uriah Voth
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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