Shadow's Precise Strike
Ezio Auditore da Firenze arrives as a compact and lethal planewalker assassin in your deck. This Legendary Creature gives you a menacing tempo piece with menace and supports an Assassin tribal plan by granting freerunning to your Assassin spells for {B}{B}. It reads like a finisher tucked into a disruptive shell. Play him on turn two to pressure life totals and open windows for your other creatures to slip through blockers with greater ease.
When Ezio connects, he offers a high cost win condition that punishes low life totals. Whenever Ezio deals combat damage to a player you may pay {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}. If that player has 10 or less life, when you do that player loses the game. The line rewards careful clock management and removal sequencing. For pilots who value tight lines, Ezio plays into classic Assassin themes and fits naturally into both midrange and combo strategies that can force opponents under the critical threshold.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {1}{B}
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Card Type – Legendary Creature
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Subtypes – Human Assassin
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Menace
Assassin spells you cast have freerunning {B}{B}.
Whenever Ezio deals combat damage to a player, you may pay {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}. If that player has 10 or less life, when you do, that player loses the game.
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Power / Toughness – 3/2
