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Lydia Frye
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Lydia Frye

{2}{U/B}

Legendary Creature — Human Assassin

Lydia Frye can't be blocked by creatures with power 3 or greater.

At the beginning of your end step, surveil X, where X is the number of tapped Assassins you control. (Look at the top X cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

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Surveil
Set
Assassin's Creed (ACR #60)
Rarity
Uncommon
Mana value
3
Released
2024-07-05
Artist
Mandy Jurgens
EDHREC rank
#7,263
Colour identity
{B}{U}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.27
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Desmond Miles 79 %+77.8 %
  2. Assassin Initiate 76 %+74.9 %
  3. Evie Frye 71 %+69.7 %
  4. Royal Assassin 69 %+66.5 %
  5. Brotherhood Spy 67 %+65.5 %
  6. Restart Sequence 66 %+64.6 %
  7. Ezio, Blade of Vengeance 66 %+64.4 %
  8. Achilles Davenport 64 %+62.7 %
  9. Jacob Frye 63 %+62.6 %
  10. Eagle Vision 62 %+60.3 %
  11. Ramses, Assassin Lord 62 %+60.1 %
  12. Rooftop Bypass 61 %+59.0 %
  13. Brotherhood Headquarters 60 %+58.4 %
  14. Hookblade Veteran 59 %+57.8 %
  15. Poison-Blade Mentor 57 %+56.5 %
  16. Mari, the Killing Quill 54 %+51.3 %
  17. Hired Poisoner 52 %+51.2 %
  18. The Revelations of Ezio 51 %+49.8 %
  19. Blood Operative 50 %+49.8 %
  20. Basim Ibn Ishaq 51 %+49.3 %
  21. Chain Assassination 49 %+48.4 %
  22. Aven Heartstabber 49 %+48.1 %
  23. Roshan, Hidden Magister 47 %+46.0 %
  24. Enhanced Surveillance 48 %+44.2 %
  25. Mirko, Obsessive Theorist 45 %+43.9 %
  26. Hidden Blade 44 %+43.6 %
  27. Coastal Piracy 46 %+41.8 %
  28. Etrata, the Silencer 43 %+41.4 %
  29. Massacre Girl, Known Killer 41 %+38.2 %
  30. Cover of Darkness 45 %+38.2 %
  31. Etrata, Deadly Fugitive 39 %+38.1 %
  32. Back in Town 39 %+37.7 %
  33. Merciless Harlequin 38 %+37.7 %
  34. Termination Facilitator 38 %+37.2 %
  35. Assassin Gauntlet 38 %+36.9 %
  36. Brotherhood Regalia 39 %+36.2 %
  37. Wonder 41 %+34.6 %
  38. Adrestia 35 %+34.4 %
  39. Adéwalé, Breaker of Chains 35 %+34.3 %
  40. Murder 39 %+32.1 %
  41. Smoke Bomb 33 %+32.1 %
  42. Escape Detection 31 %+30.7 %
  43. Massacre Girl 33 %+30.0 %
  44. Changeling Outcast 48 %+29.8 %
  45. Double Down 31 %+29.7 %
  46. Unstoppable Slasher 34 %+29.2 %
  47. Price of Fame 33 %+28.1 %
  48. Guildsworn Prowler 29 %+27.9 %
  49. Darkblade Agent 28 %+27.9 %
  50. Disinformation Campaign 28 %+26.3 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Island 98 %+1.5 %
  2. Swamp 98 %+1.1 %
  3. Desmond Miles 79 %+77.8 %
  4. Sol Ring 77 %-10.6 %
  5. Assassin Initiate 76 %+74.9 %
  6. Arcane Signet 75 %-8.4 %
  7. Command Tower 75 %-12.6 %
  8. Evie Frye 71 %+69.7 %
  9. Royal Assassin 69 %+66.5 %
  10. Brotherhood Spy 67 %+65.5 %
  11. Restart Sequence 66 %+64.6 %
  12. Ezio, Blade of Vengeance 66 %+64.4 %
  13. Achilles Davenport 64 %+62.7 %
  14. Jacob Frye 63 %+62.6 %
  15. Eagle Vision 62 %+60.3 %
  16. Ramses, Assassin Lord 62 %+60.1 %
  17. Rooftop Bypass 61 %+59.0 %
  18. Brotherhood Headquarters 60 %+58.4 %
  19. Hookblade Veteran 59 %+57.8 %
  20. Poison-Blade Mentor 57 %+56.5 %
  21. Mari, the Killing Quill 54 %+51.3 %
  22. Sunken Hollow 54 %-11.4 %
  23. Hired Poisoner 52 %+51.2 %
  24. Path of Ancestry 52 %+24.9 %
  25. Basim Ibn Ishaq 51 %+49.3 %
  26. The Revelations of Ezio 51 %+49.8 %
  27. Blood Operative 50 %+49.8 %
  28. Aven Heartstabber 49 %+48.1 %
  29. Chain Assassination 49 %+48.4 %
  30. Dimir Signet 48 %-9.9 %
  31. Changeling Outcast 48 %+29.8 %
  32. Enhanced Surveillance 48 %+44.2 %
  33. Choked Estuary 48 %+0.6 %
  34. Roshan, Hidden Magister 47 %+46.0 %
  35. Talisman of Dominance 46 %-11.8 %
  36. Coastal Piracy 46 %+41.8 %
  37. Mirko, Obsessive Theorist 45 %+43.9 %
  38. Cover of Darkness 45 %+38.2 %
  39. Hidden Blade 44 %+43.6 %
  40. Etrata, the Silencer 43 %+41.4 %
  41. Drowned Catacomb 43 %-12.4 %
  42. Rogue's Passage 42 %+15.0 %
  43. Massacre Girl, Known Killer 41 %+38.2 %
  44. Wonder 41 %+34.6 %
  45. Counterspell 39 %-16.7 %
  46. Murder 39 %+32.1 %
  47. Brotherhood Regalia 39 %+36.2 %
  48. Back in Town 39 %+37.7 %
  49. Etrata, Deadly Fugitive 39 %+38.1 %
  50. Assassin Gauntlet 38 %+36.9 %

Format legality

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Not legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Not legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Gatherer ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2024-07-05

    Once Lydia Frye has been blocked, increasing the blocking creature’s power to 3 or greater won’t cause Lydia Frye to become unblocked.

  • 2024-07-05

    The value of X is calculated only once, as Lydia Frye’s last ability resolves.

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