Silent Architect of the Guild
Roshan, Hidden Magister joins your black shell as a compact commander for Assassin tribal builds. At {3}{B} and printed as a Legendary Creature Human Assassin with a 4/4 body, Roshan reads like a toolkit: he grants the Assassin type to your creatures, creature spells and creature cards you own that are not on the battlefield, gives your face down creatures menace, and rewards every time a permanent you control is turned face up with a card and one life paid. That combination turns incidental tokens, reanimation targets and morph or manifest synergies into reliable threats and card advantage engines.
This card plays well in decks that want consistent evasive attackers and repeatable value when you flip cards or bring things into play face up. Expect tighter turns where your board presence both pressures planes and fuels card flow. If you pilot a set that leans on Assassin synergies or face down interactions Roshan scales cleanly from early development into a late game threat. Add one to an Assassin deck and test how often menace and incremental draws close a game. Pick it up and sharpen your engine.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {3}{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) – Other creatures you control are Assassins in addition to their other types. The same is true for creature spells you control and creature cards you own that aren’t on the battlefield. Face-down creatures you control have menace. Whenever a permanent you control is turned face up, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
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Power / Toughness – 4/4
