Aya of Alexandria
Aya of Alexandria: Legendary Creature - Human Assassin, Assassin's Creed. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}{W}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Human Assassin
- Colour identity
- White and red (WR)
- Power / toughness
- 4/3
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Assassin's Creed (ACR)
- Released
- 2024-07-05
- Collector number
- 48
- Artist
- JB Casacop
- Commander rank
- 5,632 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Lifelink, Menace
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Aya of Alexandria
Aya of Alexandria is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white and red legendary creature from Assassin's Creed (ACR), a draft-focused set released in July 2024. It is collector number 48 in that set, with art by JB Casacop. It costs {2}{R}{W} (two generic, one white and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 4/3 creature. Its colour identity is white and red. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. Assassin's Creed is its only printing so far. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.48 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Menace, lifelink
Whenever a historic creature you control deals combat damage to a player, create a 1/1 black Assassin creature token with menace. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
". . . and our blades shall never tire."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.48 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Aya of Alexandria by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Aya of Alexandria
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Assassin's Creed (ACR) #140 | Rare | 2024 |
| Assassin's Creed (ACR) #229 | Rare | 2024 |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Aya of Alexandria, newest first.
- Some abilities trigger “whenever you cast a historic spell.” Such an ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.
- An ability that triggers “whenever you cast a historic spell” doesn’t trigger if a historic card is put onto the battlefield without being cast.
- A card, spell, or permanent is historic if it has the legendary supertype, the artifact card type, or the Saga subtype. Having two of those qualities doesn’t make an object more historic than another or provide an additional bonus-an object either is historic or it isn’t.
- Lands are never cast, so abilities that trigger “whenever you cast a historic spell” won’t trigger if you play a legendary land. They also won’t trigger if a card on the battlefield transforms into a card with the legendary supertype, the artifact card type, or the Saga subtype.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a white and red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.