---
name: "Notorious Assassin"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Human Spellshaper Assassin"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MMQ"
set_name: "Mercadian Masques"
collector_number: "150"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Heather Hudson"
oracle_id: "455138dd-4f76-4b40-9715-f1b1d61f8f23"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/notorious-assassin-mmq"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Notorious Assassin
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Spellshaper Assassin
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
{2}{B}, {T}, Discard a card: Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Assassin's Strike](/printing/assassins-strike-jmp.md) — Sorcery
2. [Zombie Assassin](/printing/zombie-assassin-ody.md) — Creature — Zombie Assassin
3. [Stronghold Assassin](/printing/stronghold-assassin-c13.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Zombie Assassin
4. [Silent Assassin](/printing/silent-assassin-mmq.md) — Creature — Human Mercenary Assassin
5. [Serpent Assassin](/printing/serpent-assassin-por.md) — Creature — Snake Assassin
6. [Annihilate](/printing/annihilate-inv.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mercadian Masques (MMQ) #150
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Heather Hudson
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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