---
name: "Unscrupulous Contractor"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Human Assassin"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Plot"]
set: "OTJ"
set_name: "Outlaws of Thunder Junction"
collector_number: "112"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Mila Pesic"
oracle_id: "00ff5598-2f7f-4e28-8b63-5ae1ce18f0c5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/unscrupulous-contractor-otj"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a creature. When you do, target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.
Plot {2}{B} (You may pay {2}{B} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Raffine's Silencer](/printing/raffines-silencer-snc.md) — Creature — Human Assassin
2. [Vault Plunderer](/printing/vault-plunderer-otj.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
3. [Ruthless Lawbringer](/printing/ruthless-lawbringer-otj.md) — Creature — Vampire Assassin
4. [Merciless Harlequin](/printing/merciless-harlequin-acr.md) — Creature — Human Assassin
5. [Shadow, Mysterious Assassin](/printing/shadow-mysterious-assassin-fic.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Assassin
6. [Brotherhood Patriarch](/printing/brotherhood-patriarch-acr.md) — Creature — Human Assassin

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ) #112
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Mila Pesic
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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