---
name: "Nirkana Assassin"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Vampire Assassin Ally"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "BFZ"
set_name: "Battle for Zendikar"
collector_number: "118"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Viktor Titov"
oracle_id: "efb64da9-1ca7-4686-a427-e0d67101030c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/nirkana-assassin-bfz"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Nirkana Assassin
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Vampire Assassin Ally
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/3

## Oracle Text
Whenever you gain life, this creature gains deathtouch until end of turn. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

> *Les assassins des Nirkana concoctent des poisons incurables en infusant de la moelle de basilic et de la sève de saule tueur dans les fluides vitaux d'une dizaine d'autres espèces venimeuses.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Poison-Blade Mentor](/printing/poison-blade-mentor-acr.md) — Creature — Human Assassin
2. [Virulent Emissary](/printing/virulent-emissary-ecl.md) — Creature — Elf Assassin
3. [Knight of the Ebon Legion](/printing/knight-of-the-ebon-legion-m20.md) — Creature — Vampire Knight
4. [Vampire of the Dire Moon](/printing/vampire-of-the-dire-moon-plst.md) — Creature — Vampire
5. [Crossway Troublemakers](/printing/crossway-troublemakers-fdn.md) — Creature — Vampire
6. [Bloodthirsty Conqueror](/printing/bloodthirsty-conqueror-fdn.md) — Creature — Vampire Knight

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Battle for Zendikar (BFZ) #118
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Viktor Titov
- **Total Printings:** 19 across all historical editions

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