Prosperous Thief

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Prosperous Thief: Creature - Human Ninja, Foundations Jumpstart. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{U}
Mana value
3
Type
Creature - Human Ninja
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
3/2
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Foundations Jumpstart (J25)
Released
2024-11-15
Collector number
346
Artist
Fajareka Setiawan
Commander rank
2,492 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Treasure, Ninjutsu

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About Prosperous Thief

Prosperous Thief is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue creature from Foundations Jumpstart (J25), a draft-focused set released in November 2024. It is collector number 346 in that set, with art by Fajareka Setiawan. It costs {2}{U} (two generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 3/2 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (2022) to Foundations Jumpstart (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.30 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).

Card text

Ninjutsu {1}{U} ({1}{U}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)

Whenever one or more Ninja or Rogue creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.30 (as of 2026-11-02).

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

Format legality

Legality of Prosperous Thief by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Prosperous Thief

Prosperous Thief has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (NEO) #336Uncommon2022
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (NEO) #73Uncommon2022

Official rulings

Seven official rulings apply to Prosperous Thief, newest first.

  • Although the Ninja is attacking, it was never declared as an attacking creature (for purposes of abilities that trigger whenever a creature attacks, for example).
  • The ninjutsu ability can be activated only after blockers have been declared. Before then, attacking creatures are neither blocked nor unblocked.
  • If a creature in combat has first strike or double strike, you can activate the ninjutsu ability during the first-strike combat damage step. The Ninja will deal combat damage during the regular combat damage step, even if it has first strike.
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  • As you activate a ninjutsu ability, you reveal the Ninja card in your hand and return the attacking creature. The Ninja card stays revealed and isn't put onto the battlefield until the ability resolves. If it leaves your hand before then, it won't enter the battlefield at all.
  • The creature with ninjutsu enters the battlefield attacking the same player or planeswalker that the returned creature was attacking. This is a rule specific to ninjutsu; in other cases, when a creature is put onto the battlefield attacking, that creature's controller chooses which player or planeswalker it's attacking.
  • The ninjutsu ability can be activated during the declare blockers step, combat damage step, or end of combat step. In most cases (see below), if you wait until the combatdamage step or end of combat step, it will be after combat damage has been dealt, so the Ninja won't deal combat damage.

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