---
name: "Distract the Guards"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Freerunning"]
set: "ACR"
set_name: "Assassin's Creed"
collector_number: "174"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Torgeir Fjereide"
oracle_id: "5b3687e5-546f-4a70-aa5c-b7db3300a3f4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/distract-the-guards-acr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Distract the Guards
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Freerunning

## Oracle Text
Freerunning {1}{W} (You may cast this spell for its freerunning cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with an Assassin or commander.)
Create three 1/1 white Human Rogue creature tokens.

> *Les voleurs de Venise sont de précieux alliés des Assassins. Ils sont prêts à faire du raffut à tout moment.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Brotherhood Ambushers](/printing/brotherhood-ambushers-acr.md) — Creature — Human Assassin
2. [You're Confronted by Robbers](/printing/youre-confronted-by-robbers-plst.md) — Instant
3. [Merciless Harlequin](/printing/merciless-harlequin-acr.md) — Creature — Human Assassin
4. [Monastery Raid](/printing/monastery-raid-acr.md) — Sorcery
5. [Outlaws' Merriment](/printing/outlaws-merriment-eld.md) — Enchantment
6. [Eagle Vision](/printing/eagle-vision-acr.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Assassin's Creed (ACR) #174
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Torgeir Fjereide
- **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`