Callidus Assassin
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Set40K
Collector #109
Released2022-10-07
Rarityrare
ArtistBryan Sola
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Callidus Assassin

RareColour IDMV 6
Creature — Human Shapeshifter Assassin
Flash
Polymorphine — You may have this creature enter tapped as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it has "When this creature enters, destroy up to one other target creature with the same name as this creature."
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Keywords
PolymorphineFlash
Card capabilities
Creature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 2022-10-07Newest 2022-10-07Cheapest priced $12.96 in 40K
Rulings (7)
wotc7 Oct 2022
The triggered ability that Callidus Assassin has is part of its copy effect and is a copiable value that other effects may copy.
wotc7 Oct 2022
If the chosen creature is copying something else (for example, if the chosen creature is another Callidus Assassin), then your Callidus Assassin enters the battlefield as whatever the chosen creature copied.
wotc7 Oct 2022
You can choose not to copy anything. In that case, Callidus Assassin enters the battlefield as a 3/3 creature. Notably, it does not have "When this creature enters the battlefield, destroy up to one other target creature with the same name as this creature."
wotc7 Oct 2022
Callidus Assassin copies exactly what was printed on the original creature (unless that creature is copying something else or is a token; see below) and it has the triggered ability. It doesn't copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or any Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, or so on.
wotc7 Oct 2022
If Callidus Assassin somehow enters the battlefield at the same time as another creature, Callidus Assassin can't become a copy of that creature. You may choose only a creature that's already on the battlefield.
wotc7 Oct 2022
If the chosen creature is a token, Callidus Assassin copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that created the token. Callidus Assassin is not a token in this case.