Arno Dorian
Legendary Creature — Human Assassin
Deathtouch
Other Assassins you control get +2/+0.
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.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Assassin's Creed
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #5725
Arno Dorian puts a creature into play from your hand tapped and attacking — the tempo is real, and the tribal synergy with Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad makes that free swing immediately relevant. The cost is that you're locked into the Assassin's Creed universe's creature type scaffolding, so outside those decks, Arno is just a body with a conditional flicker.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's ability to upgrade creatures through assassination triggers means Arno Dorian's attack-from-hand deployment feeds the engine directly — every free attacker is another trigger, another counter, another escalation on the Codex chain.
Ezio Auditore da Firenze
Ezio Auditore da Firenze rewards aggressive early board presence, and Arno Dorian's ability to drop a creature into an attack step without spending a normal casting phase keeps the pressure on while Ezio's own threat accumulates.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Arno Dorian is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but in competitive non-rotating formats the Assassin's Creed creature typing is too narrow to compete — no meaningful tribal infrastructure exists outside dedicated Commander builds. Commander is where Arno actually functions: the ability to cheat a creature into an attack is a real political and combat tool in a multiplayer environment where tempo swings matter. Outside the Assassin's Creed commander shells, the effect is too conditional to reliably slot in, so treat this as a build-around piece rather than a general-purpose inclusion.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Arno Dorian is firmly bulk — easy to pick up as a playset without a second thought. The price is unlikely to move unless the Assassin's Creed commander archetype sees a significant spike in popularity, which it would need to sustain to hold even this floor.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.