Suq'Ata Assassin
Creature — Human Assassin
Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, defending player gets a poison counter. (A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Visions
- Price
- $0.51
- EDHREC rank
- #20904
Suq'Ata Assassin trades any blocker or tapped creature for a Swamp, turning combat and activated abilities into a slow but repeatable board-control engine. The floor is narrow — you need black mana and a target on a specific timing window — but in Ramses, Assassin Lord that ceiling rises fast when every kill counts toward a commander trigger.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ramses, Assassin Lord
Ramses, Assassin Lord cares about Assassins dealing combat damage and opponents losing the game, so Suq'Ata Assassin earns its slot as both a tribal body and a removal spell that clears the path for the rest of the squad to connect.
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 |
Suq'Ata Assassin is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but only Commander gives it a realistic home. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a three-mana 1/1 with a conditional tap ability when Fatal Push and Swords to Plowshares exist. In Commander, the tribal Assassin synergy around Ramses, Assassin Lord is essentially the only context where Suq'Ata Assassin sees play, and even there it occupies a fringe slot rather than a staple one.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.51 bulk tier
At $0.51, Suq'Ata Assassin is deep bulk — you're paying for a narrow tribal piece, not a broadly useful card. Demand is thin and confined almost entirely to Ramses builds, so the price is unlikely to move in either direction without a major reprint or new Assassin tribal support.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.