Distract the Guards
- Mana cost
- {1}{W}{W}
- Type
- Sorcery
- Set
- Assassin's Creed #174 (uncommon)
Freerunning {1}{W} (You may cast this spell for its freerunning cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with an Assassin or commander.)
Create three 1/1 white Human Rogue creature tokens.
Distract the Guards has 2 printings, first in Assassin's Creed (2024). EDHREC ranks it #13,256 among Commander cards. It appears most in Silverquill, the Disputant decks (944 on EDHREC). It has 1 official ruling.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Distract the Guards most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Silverquill, the Disputant: 944 decks
- Aziza, Mage Tower Captain: 811 decks
- Belladonna Took: 205 decks
- Raff, Weatherlight Stalwart: 94 decks
- General Kudro of Drannith: 43 decks
- Monica Rambeau // Photon, Living Light: 30 decks
- Ezio, Brash Novice: 30 decks
- Beregond of the Guard: 11 decks
Often played with Distract the Guards
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Once an Assassin creature or commander you control deals combat damage to a player in a turn, you can cast spells for their freerunning costs for the rest of that turn. It doesn’t matter what happens to that Assassin or commander after that.