---
name: "Zombie Assassin"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Zombie Assassin"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "ODY"
set_name: "Odyssey"
collector_number: "168"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Pete Venters"
oracle_id: "7d8af783-e73f-49ce-bcdb-ba55e1650481"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/zombie-assassin-ody"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Zombie Assassin
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie Assassin
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2

## Oracle Text
{T}, Exile two cards from your graveyard and this creature: Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

> *"Los zombies no mata. Reclutan." —Trenzas, invocadora de demencia*

## 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. [Unliving Psychopath](/printing/unliving-psychopath-dis.md) — Creature — Zombie Assassin
4. [Tsabo's Assassin](/printing/tsabos-assassin-inv.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Zombie Assassin
5. [Rathi Assassin](/printing/rathi-assassin-nem.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Zombie Mercenary Assassin
6. [Zombie Cannibal](/printing/zombie-cannibal-ody.md) — Creature — Zombie

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Odyssey (ODY) #168
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Pete Venters
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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