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Royal Assassin
- Creature — Human Assassin
: Destroy target tapped creature.- Trained in the arts of stealth, royal assassins choose their victims carefully, relying on timing and precision rather than brute force.
- 1/1
- Tom Wanerstrand (Alpha, Beta, Unlimited) - Tom Wänerstrand (Revised, Fourth Edition) - Mark Zug (Eighth Edition, Ninth Edition, Tenth Edition, Magic 2010)
- Rare (Alpha, Beta, Unlimited, Revised, Fourth Edition, Eighth Edition, Ninth Edition, Tenth Edition, Magic 2010)
- The spelltype of Royal Assassin was changed from Creature - Human Assassin to Creature — Human Assassin
- The text on Royal Assassin was altered to say: : Destroy target tapped creature.
- The flavortext on Royal Assassin was modified to read: Trained in the arts of stealth, royal assassins choose their victims carefully, relying on timing and precision rather than brute force.
Royal Assassin was originally released on August 5, 1993 with the release of the Alpha Magic The Gathering edition. This card has since been reprinted in 9 sets, with 3 artists contributing to the various card designs.
With the release of the Fourth Edition version of Royal Assassin on April 1995, The flavortext on Royal Assassin was modified to read: Trained in the arts of stealth, the Royal Assassins choose their victims carefully, relying on timing and precision rather than brute force.
With the release of the Eighth Edition version of Royal Assassin on July 28, 2003, The flavortext on Royal Assassin was modified to read: Trained in the arts of stealth, royal assassins choose their victims carefully, relying on timing and precision rather than brute force.
With the release of the Magic 2010 version of Royal Assassin on July 17, 2009, 3 changes were made to the card. They include: