Thrill-Kill Assassin
Creature — Human Assassin
Deathtouch
Unleash (You may have this creature enter with a +1/+1 counter on it. It can't block as long as it has a +1/+1 counter on it.)
As the bounty on Massacre Girl rose, so did the number of imitators.
Tyler Jacobson
Return to Ravnica (RTR)
• #81Rulings
Putting a +1/+1 counter on a creature with unleash that’s already blocking won’t remove it from combat. It will continue to block.
(wotc • 2013-04-15)
You make the choice to have the creature with unleash enter the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter or not as it’s entering the battlefield. At that point, it’s too late for a player to respond to the creature spell by trying to counter it, for example.
(wotc • 2013-04-15)
A creature with unleash can’t block if it has any +1/+1 counter on it, not just one put on it by the unleash ability.
(wotc • 2013-04-15)
The unleash ability applies no matter where the creature is entering the battlefield from.
(wotc • 2013-04-15)
Rulings
Putting a +1/+1 counter on a creature with unleash that’s already blocking won’t remove it from combat. It will continue to block.
(wotc • 2013-04-15)
You make the choice to have the creature with unleash enter the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter or not as it’s entering the battlefield. At that point, it’s too late for a player to respond to the creature spell by trying to counter it, for example.
(wotc • 2013-04-15)
A creature with unleash can’t block if it has any +1/+1 counter on it, not just one put on it by the unleash ability.
(wotc • 2013-04-15)
The unleash ability applies no matter where the creature is entering the battlefield from.
(wotc • 2013-04-15)