Shadow, Mysterious Assassin

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Shadow, Mysterious Assassin: Legendary Creature - Human Assassin, Final Fantasy Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{B}
Mana value
3
Type
Legendary Creature - Human Assassin
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
3/3
Rarity
Rare
Set
Final Fantasy Commander (FIC)
Released
2025-06-13
Collector number
50
Artist
Wisnu Tan
Commander rank
5,966 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Deathtouch
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Shadow, Mysterious Assassin

Shadow, Mysterious Assassin is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black legendary creature from Final Fantasy Commander (FIC), a Commander product released in June 2025. It is collector number 50 in that set, with art by Wisnu Tan. It costs {2}{B} (two generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Final Fantasy Commander is its only printing so far. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.37 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Deathtouch

Throw - Whenever Shadow deals combat damage to a player, you may sacrifice another nonland permanent. If you do, draw two cards and each opponent loses life equal to the mana value of the sacrificed permanent.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.37 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Shadow, Mysterious Assassin by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Shadow, Mysterious Assassin

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Final Fantasy Commander (FIC) #148Rare2025

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Shadow, Mysterious Assassin, newest first.

  • If a permanent has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.
  • Use the mana value of the sacrificed permanent as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how much life each opponent loses.

Similar cards

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