Master of Shadows
Altair Ibn-La'Ahad brings surgical tempo to your battlefield plan. This legendary creature blends first strike and a recursion engine that rewards an Assassin filled graveyard. When Altair attacks you get to exile an Assassin creature card from your graveyard with a memory counter and then, depending on how many Assassin cards with memory counters sit in exile, you flood the combat step with tapped attacking copies that vanish at end of combat. The result is repeatable pressure and a window to trade favorably or push through final damage.
The foil treatment and mythic rarity underline its commander and singleton appeal for kitchen table play or competitive cube lists. Altair is best paired with sacrifice outlets, cards that put memory counters, and ways to stock the graveyard so each attack can turn into multiple assaulting bodies. Experienced players will recognize the card as efficient both as an evasive beatstick and as a short lived token factory that leverages graveyard planning to deliver tempo and value in the same turn.
Card Details:
- Mana Cost – {2}{W}{B}{R}
- Card Type – Legendary Creature
- Subtypes – Human Assassin
- Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – First strike. Whenever Altair 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
- Set – Universes Beyond Assassins Creed
- Language – English
- Condition – Near Mint Foil