First printed in Bloomburrow (2024)
Sorcery
Choose one —
• Agate Assault deals 4 damage to target creature. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.
• Exile target artifact.
"Only an amateur crushes their enemies with a *cold* rock."
- Illustrated by
- Slawomir Maniak
Legality
- Legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Premodern, Old School 93/94, PreDH
Ruling (1)
- The replacement effect from Agate Assault’s first mode will exile the target creature if it would die this turn for any reason, not just due to lethal damage.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 29 Oct 2026).
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomburrow (BLB), Premier Draft | 54.3% | -0.3 | +0.6 | 64817 |
| Bloomburrow (BLB), Sealed | 53.8% | -1.7 | -0.7 | 3925 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen