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.
Mark Zug
Tenth Edition (10E)
• #174Rulings
If the creature is no longer tapped when the Assassin's ability resolves, then the ability doesn't resolve.
(wotc • 2004-10-04)
Can't target itself because you choose the target before you tap him. At that time he is not yet a legal target.
(wotc • 2004-10-04)
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Rulings
If the creature is no longer tapped when the Assassin's ability resolves, then the ability doesn't resolve.
(wotc • 2004-10-04)
Can't target itself because you choose the target before you tap him. At that time he is not yet a legal target.
(wotc • 2004-10-04)