Nirkana Assassin
Battle for Zendikar (BFZ) #118 · Common · Creature — Vampire Assassin Ally
Mana cost: {2}{B}
Whenever you gain life, this creature gains deathtouch until end of turn. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
Nirkana assassins craft incurable concoctions by mixing basilisk marrow and deathwillow sap with the vital fluids of a dozen other poisonous species.
Power/toughness 2/3 · Illustrated by Viktor Titov · Released October 2, 2015
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.06 USD · €0.06 EUR
- Foil: $0.27 USD · €0.22 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 9, 2026: up $0.01 USD (20.0%) to $0.06 USD; low $0.05 USD, high $0.06 USD.
Printings
- Jumpstart 2022 #449 (J22) · Common · 2022 · $0.18 USD
- The List #BFZ-118 (PLST) · Common · 2019 · $0.30 USD
- Battle for Zendikar #118 (this printing) · Common · 2015 · $0.06 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2015-08-25 · wotc — The ability triggers just once for each life-gaining event, whether it’s 1 life from Drana’s Emissary or 7 life from Nissa’s Renewal.
- 2015-08-25 · wotc — In a Two-Headed Giant game, life gained by your teammate won’t cause the ability to trigger, even though it causes your team’s life total to increase.
- 2015-08-25 · wotc — A creature with lifelink dealing combat damage is a single life-gaining event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time, the ability will trigger twice. However, if a single creature with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple creatures, players, and/or planeswalkers at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will trigger only once.