Blightwing Bandit

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Blightwing Bandit: Creature - Faerie Rogue, Wilds of Eldraine Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{B}
Mana value
4
Type
Creature - Faerie Rogue
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
2/2
Rarity
Rare
Set
Wilds of Eldraine Commander (WOC)
Released
2023-09-08
Collector number
13
Artist
Marie Magny
Commander rank
6,067 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Deathtouch, Flying

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About Blightwing Bandit

Blightwing Bandit is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from Wilds of Eldraine Commander (WOC), a Commander product released in September 2023. It is collector number 13 in that set, with art by Marie Magny. It costs {3}{B} (three generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Wilds of Eldraine Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $4.27 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Flying, deathtouch

Whenever you cast your first spell during each opponent's turn, look at the top card of that player's library, then exile it face down. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast it.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $4.27 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Blightwing Bandit by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Blightwing Bandit

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Wilds of Eldraine Commander (WOC) #49Rare2023

Official rulings

Six official rulings apply to Blightwing Bandit, newest first.

  • If you leave the game, the cards remain exiled face down indefinitely. No player may look at them.
  • Blightwing Bandit doesn't change when you can cast a spell. For example, if you exile a creature card without flash, you can cast it only during your main phase when the stack is empty.
  • Casting an exiled card causes it to leave exile. You can't cast it multiple times.
  • The six types of mana are white, blue, black, red, green, and colorless. Snow mana is not a type of mana. Blightwing Bandit won't let you pay a snow cost using mana produced by a nonsnow source.
  • You may look at and cast the exiled cards (and spend mana of any type to do so) even if Blightwing Bandit leaves the battlefield. If another player gains control of Blightwing Bandit, that player can't look at or cast the cards, and you still can.
  • You pay the costs for an exiled card if you cast it. You may pay any alternative costs the card has rather than the card's mana cost.

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