Altair Strikes: Precision in Three Colors
Altair Ibn-La'Ahad arrives as a Near Mint textured foil Mythic that rewards timing and board planning. The creature reads straightforwardly to a player familiar with combat math and graveyard synergies. First strike changes the attack calculus, letting Altair trade favorably and still trigger his attack ability. When Altair attacks you can exile an Assassin card from your graveyard with a memory counter on it and then generate tapped attacking copies based on the number of exiled creatures you control with memory counters. The result is controlled recursion that can quickly convert a stocked yard into immediate pressure.
Practical use is simple to evaluate. Slot Altair into midrange shells that can populate memory counters and reliably put Assassin creature cards into exile. He pairs well with sacrifice engines and blink effects that set up multiple memory counters across permanents. The showcase textured foil finish gives the card table presence without changing gameplay. If you want a compact way to turn incremental graveyard advantage into a lethal attack step, add Altair Ibn-La'Ahad to your list and tune your deck to protect him long enough to close the game.
Card Details:
- Mana Cost – {R}{W}{B}
- Card Type – Legendary Creature
- Subtypes – Human Assassin
- Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – First strike. Whenever Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad attacks, exile up to one target Assassin creature card from your graveyard with a memory counter on it. Then for each creature card you own in exile with a memory counter on it, create a tapped and attacking token that's a copy of it. Exile those tokens at end of combat.
- Power / Toughness – 3/3
- Rarity – Mythic Rare
- Set – Universes Beyond: Assassin's Creed
- Condition – Near Mint
- Style – Textured Foil Showcase
- Language – English