---
name: "Hired Blade"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Human Assassin"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flash"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "M19-100"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Mark Behm"
oracle_id: "fed32c9c-7458-4143-b0b2-45ca23ba25ee"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/hired-blade-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Hired Blade
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Assassin
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2
- **Keywords:** Flash

## Oracle Text
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)

> *"If you want them dead, buy some poison. If you want them to have the worst day of their life before dying, then let's talk price."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Lurking Deadeye](/printing/lurking-deadeye-iko.md) — Creature — Human Assassin
2. [Masked Blackguard](/printing/masked-blackguard-clu.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
3. [Stingblade Assassin](/printing/stingblade-assassin-woe.md) — Creature — Faerie Assassin
4. [Fire Nation Ambushers](/printing/fire-nation-ambushers-tle.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
5. [Cunning Nightbonder](/printing/cunning-nightbonder-iko.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
6. [Nimble Pilferer](/printing/nimble-pilferer-xana.md) — Creature — Human Rogue

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #M19-100
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Mark Behm
- **Total Printings:** 17 across all historical editions

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