Alley Assailant
Creature — Vampire Rogue
This creature enters tapped.
Disguise 
(You may cast this card face down for 
as a 2/2 creature with ward 
. Turn it face up any time for its disguise cost.)
When this creature is turned face up, target opponent loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #23888
Alley Assailant is a 2/1 with menace for two mana — a strictly average body that trades evenly with most early blockers and leaves nothing behind when it dies. There is no competitive context where this is the correct card.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Alley Assailant is legal across every major format, but legality is not a recommendation. In Commander, a 2/1 menace for two does nothing at a 100-card table where every threat needs to scale — it will never be the right include. In Pauper and aggressive Standard or Pioneer lists, the competition at two mana is deep enough that Alley Assailant doesn't make the cut there either. This is a Limited filler card, and that's the only context where it earns a slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Alley Assailant sits at the floor of bulk commons, and that price reflects the demand accurately. Don't expect movement — this is a card you find in a bulk box, not one you seek out.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.