---
name: "Garza's Assassin"
mana_cost: "{B}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Human Assassin"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Recover"]
set: "CSP"
set_name: "Coldsnap"
collector_number: "57"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Paolo Parente"
oracle_id: "9660b7c4-7b04-4ec3-b867-299c141f77e6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/garzas-assassin-csp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Garza's Assassin
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Assassin
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Recover

## Oracle Text
Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target nonblack creature.
Recover—Pay half your life, rounded up. (When another creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay half your life, rounded up. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Otherwise, exile this card.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Stronghold Assassin](/printing/stronghold-assassin-c13.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Zombie Assassin
2. [Notorious Assassin](/printing/notorious-assassin-mmq.md) — Creature — Human Spellshaper Assassin
3. [Zombie Assassin](/printing/zombie-assassin-ody.md) — Creature — Zombie Assassin
4. [Scarblade Elite](/printing/scarblade-elite-mor.md) — Creature — Elf Assassin
5. [Slaughter](/printing/slaughter-exo.md) — Instant
6. [Spark Reaper](/printing/spark-reaper-scd.md) — Creature — Zombie

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Coldsnap (CSP) #57
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Paolo Parente
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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