Hidden Blade
Mana Cost:
Type: Artifact — Equipment
Oracle Text:
Flash
When this Equipment enters, attach it to target creature you control. If that creature is an Assassin, it gains deathtouch until end of turn.
Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and has first strike.
Equip {2}
Power/Toughness: -/-
Rarity: uncommon
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: Assassin's Creed
Price ( USD): $0.24
USD: $0.24 · EUR: €0.14
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Character Background
Hidden Blade wears its Assassin Creed skin: a two-mana artifact equipment that flashes in and instantly jabs a creature for a surprise trade. Thematically it reads like a concealed strike—entering attached and granting first strike and a small power bump, and giving deathtouch for the turn if your creature is an Assassin—so in practice it’s a tempo/aggro-friendly combat trick that doubles as a sticky piece of incremental advantage. Use it to win combats you otherwise wouldn’t: flash it onto a chump blocker to kill a bigger attacker, or attach and equip to a small evasive attacker to turn chip damage into removal. Specific synergies include Assassin tribal, tokens that can be made into Assassins, or creatures with enter-the-battlefield value you can protect by surprising opponents; it also pairs well with blink or sacrifice outlets to reuse a creature’s ETB while keeping the Blade. Because Equip is only {2}, consider running multiple copies and some equipment tutors to keep this efficient weapon in play.
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