Hired Blade
Creature — Human Assassin
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #18395
Hired Blade is a 3/2 flash creature for three mana with no enters-the-battlefield effect, no evasion, and no upside beyond its stats. It is outclassed by nearly every comparable option at this cost, and there is no competitive context where it earns a slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Hired Blade is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal and playable are different things. In Commander, a 3/2 body with flash does nothing to affect the board at a four-player table — flash is most valuable on interaction, and Hired Blade brings none. In Pauper, where commons are scrutinized for every edge, there are strictly better flash threats and blockers at the same cost. Across every other format, it competes against creatures that generate value on entry or close games, and it does neither.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Hired Blade sits firmly in bulk territory — the price of a card nobody wants. That price is stable only because it cannot meaningfully go lower.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.