Ezio, Brash Novice
Legendary Creature — Human
Whenever Ezio attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
As long as Ezio has two or more counters on it, it has first strike and is an Assassin in addition to its other types.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Assassin's Creed
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #11402
Ezio, Brash Novice is a two-mana 2/2 that makes combats miserable for opponents — its mentor trigger and protection clause turn every attack into a threat that demands an answer. The cost of admission is cheap; the cost of ignoring it is a board full of buffed creatures.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ezio Auditore da Firenze
Ezio Auditore da Firenze rewards you for keeping creatures alive through combat, and Ezio, Brash Novice feeds that engine directly — the protection ability keeps your attackers on the board long enough to trigger Auditore's assassination conditions repeatedly.
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 |
Ezio, Brash Novice is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its home is Commander — a 60-card format has faster clocks and more efficient threats that make a two-mana 2/2 irrelevant by turn three. In Commander, the multiplayer math changes the calculus: protecting your creatures across three opponents' combat steps is genuinely valuable, and the mentor trigger scales with a wide board. Legacy and Vintage are theoretically accessible but practically hostile — the card does nothing against combo decks and trades badly against format staples. Oathbreaker is the only other format where its sustained combat presence earns real equity.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Ezio, Brash Novice is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and ink, not scarcity. It won't appreciate unless a future card breaks the protection mechanic wide open, so pick up copies for what they are: cheap role-players for a specific Commander shell.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.