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Rathi Assassin

Multiverse ID: 22890

Rathi Assassin

Comments (11)

garbagegatherer
★☆☆☆☆ (1.7/5.0) (5 votes)
That's not very royal...
Mudbutt_on
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.9/5.0) (4 votes)
So much fail!
heenaheena
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0) (4 votes)
Why is it a zombie?
jsttu
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0) (4 votes)
Mercenary ability is and was awful, the assassin ability is much worse than Royal assassin's, and the extra P/T is useless as this guy should never attack. Total waste of a rare slot unless you are doing tribal or need extra removal in EDH, and even then there are probably better options.
luca_barelli
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0) (3 votes)
No, the ability itself is good. The problem is the creatures it's attached to aren't.
pedrodyl
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (6 votes)
I like the other art better.
JFM2796
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0) (4 votes)
I agree with pedrolyl. The alternate art from whatever M is is so much better.
Kryptnyt
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0) (2 votes)
@heenaheena
Well you see, when a necromancer and a corpse love each other very very much...
The-Earth-Dragon
★★★☆☆ (3.4/5.0) (4 votes)
Versatile Card.

@jsttu Please do a search with the advanced options to see all the cards with with 1 power this card could block on the first turn for you. Also, please do a search for all the cards that can deal 1 damage to a creature. A prodigal wizard holds a Royal assassin at bay, but not this guy. As others have stated, the mercenary search ability is fantastic, it's the support that is bad. If I'm going to grade a card/ability of a card, I go off it's potential. Unfortunately, one 4 star card (which is what I gave it) doesn't make a good deck when the rest of the cards you'd have to place with it are 1 and 2 star cards. Instead it collects dust until some 3-5 star cards are around to supplement. That's the difference between individual card strength and deck strength.

I'm not saying your comment was outlandish, but it was overly eccentric.
Ratazana
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is not that good, but it has its uses.
kashonismw
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
How come no one has mentioned that due to her art she's practically lady deathstrike from x-men ???

The vorthos inside me is screaming "x-men deck here I come!"

On a serious note, not a bad card. It's a shame that most of the mercenaries are lacking compared to rebels...