Notion Thief
Notion Thief: Creature - Human Rogue, Zendikar Rising Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}{B}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Creature - Human Rogue
- Colour identity
- Blue and black (UB)
- Power / toughness
- 3/1
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC)
- Released
- 2020-09-25
- Collector number
- 96
- Artist
- Clint Cearley
- Keywords
- Flash
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About Notion Thief
Notion Thief is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue and black creature from Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC), a Commander product released in September 2020. It is collector number 96 in that set, with art by Clint Cearley. It costs {2}{U}{B} (two generic, one blue and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/1 creature. Its colour identity is blue and black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 7 sets, from Dragon's Maze (2013) to Pioneer Masters (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.09 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Flash
If an opponent would draw a card except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps, instead that player skips that draw and you draw a card.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.09 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Notion Thief by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Notion Thief
Notion Thief has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2482 | Rare | 2026 |
| Pioneer Masters (PIO) #235 | Rare | 2024 |
| Special Guests (SPG) #36 | Mythic | 2024 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #270 | Rare | 2023 |
| Masters 25 (A25) #211 | Rare | 2018 |
| Dragon's Maze (DGM) #88 | Rare | 2013 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Notion Thief, newest first.
- If an opponent is instructed to draw a card then discard a card, and Notion Thief causes you to draw a card instead, that opponent still discards a card. The same is true of any other actions that opponent is instructed to do.
- If two or more players each control a Notion Thief and a player would draw a card other than the first one in their draw step, that player chooses one of the applicable Notion Thief effects to apply. Then the player whose Notion Thief's effect was chosen repeats this process among the remaining Notion Thief effects, and so on, until there are no more possible such effects to apply. Each effect can be applied to the card draw only once this way.
- The above procedure means that if each player in a two-player game controls a Notion Thief and one would draw a card, it really will be that player who draws a card.
Similar cards
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