Nirkana Assassin (118)

BFZ · Battle for Zendikar · common

Nirkana Assassin

Mana cost
Mana value	3.0
Type	Creature — Vampire Assassin Ally
Rarity	common
Colors	B
Power / Toughness	2 / 3
EDHREC rank	24067

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.

Printings

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Provider	Type	Normal	Foil	Etched	Date
tcgplayer	retail	$0.06	$0.27	—	2026-09-27
manapool	retail	$0.15	$0.15	—	2026-09-27
cardmarket	retail	$0.06	$0.22	—	2026-09-27
cardkingdom	retail	$0.35	$0.49	—	2026-09-27
cardhoarder	retail	$0.03	—	—	2026-09-27

2015-08-25: 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: 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: 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.