Desmond Miles
Desmond Miles: Legendary Creature - Human Assassin, Assassin's Creed. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Human Assassin
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 1/3
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Assassin's Creed (ACR)
- Released
- 2024-07-05
- Collector number
- 24
- Artist
- Julia Vasilyeva
- Commander rank
- 5,300 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Surveil, Menace
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Desmond Miles
Desmond Miles is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black legendary creature from Assassin's Creed (ACR), a draft-focused set released in July 2024. It is collector number 24 in that set, with art by Julia Vasilyeva. It costs {1}{B} (one generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 1/3 creature. Its colour identity is black. 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 $0.39 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Menace
Desmond Miles gets +1/+0 for each other Assassin you control and each Assassin card in your graveyard.
Whenever Desmond Miles deals combat damage to a player, surveil X, where X is the amount of damage it dealt to that player.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.39 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Desmond Miles 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 Desmond Miles
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Assassin's Creed (ACR) #130 | Rare | 2024 |
| Assassin's Creed (ACR) #202 | Rare | 2024 |
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