---
name: "Chain Assassination"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Freerunning"]
set: "ACR"
set_name: "Assassin's Creed"
collector_number: "23"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Filipe Pagliuso"
oracle_id: "37addb87-234a-402f-b7fb-f88ef3f2a589"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/chain-assassination-acr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Chain Assassination
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Freerunning

## Oracle Text
Freerunning {1}{B} (You may cast this spell for its freerunning cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with an Assassin or commander.)
Destroy target creature. If another creature died this turn, draw a card.

> *"A cosa serve essere furtivi se non c'è più nessuno in grado di dare l'allarme?"
—Jacob Frye*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Merciless Harlequin](/printing/merciless-harlequin-acr.md) — Creature — Human Assassin
2. [Brotherhood Ambushers](/printing/brotherhood-ambushers-acr.md) — Creature — Human Assassin
3. [Achilles Davenport](/printing/achilles-davenport-acr.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Assassin
4. [Assassin's Strike](/printing/assassins-strike-jmp.md) — Sorcery
5. [Ezio Auditore da Firenze](/printing/ezio-auditore-da-firenze-acr.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Assassin
6. [Twinblade Assassins](/printing/twinblade-assassins-m21.md) — Creature — Elf Assassin

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Assassin's Creed (ACR) #23
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Filipe Pagliuso
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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