Mogg Assassin
Creature — Goblin Assassin
: You choose target creature an opponent controls, and that opponent chooses target creature. Flip a coin. If you win the flip, destroy the creature you chose. If you lose the flip, destroy the creature your opponent chose.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Exodus
- Price
- $1.04
- EDHREC rank
- #9881
Mogg Assassin destroys a creature — but only if you win a coin flip, and only if your opponent doesn't win theirs first. Outside of dedicated coin-flip decks like Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom, where the flip itself is the point, this is a conditional removal spell with a real chance of backfiring, and that's not a trade most decks want to make.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom
Mogg Assassin is a natural fit here because Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom wants every coin flip it can get — each one grows Okaun and draws Zndrsplt a card, so the removal is almost incidental to the triggers it generates.
Yusri, Fortune's Flame
Yusri, Fortune's Flame runs on coin flips, and Mogg Assassin feeds that engine while threatening to take out a blocker — the upside is real, even if the flip outcome isn't guaranteed.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Mogg Assassin is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees virtually no play outside Commander's coin-flip niche. In Legacy and Vintage, conditional removal that can kill your own creature instead simply doesn't compete with deterministic answers available at the same cost or less. Commander is the only format where Mogg Assassin earns a slot, and even there it belongs exclusively in decks that care about triggering coin flips as a resource — not as a general removal option. If your commander doesn't care about the flip, cut it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.04 cheap tier
At $1.04, Mogg Assassin sits in the cheap tier — low enough that it's not a budget concern, just a deckbuilding one. Its narrow playability keeps demand low and the price stable, so don't expect it to move much in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom
- Yusri, Fortune's Flame
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.