Schema Thief
Schema Thief: Creature - Vedalken Rogue Artificer, March of the Machine Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Creature - Vedalken Rogue Artificer
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 3/3
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- March of the Machine Commander (MOC)
- Released
- 2023-04-21
- Collector number
- 24
- Artist
- Artur Treffner
- Commander rank
- 10,420 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flying
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About Schema Thief
Schema Thief is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue creature from March of the Machine Commander (MOC), a Commander product released in April 2023. It is collector number 24 in that set, with art by Artur Treffner. It costs {3}{U} (three generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. March of the Machine Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.35 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, create a token that's a copy of target artifact that player controls.
"An intriguing design, but it would be much better without all that oil."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.35 (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 Schema Thief by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Schema Thief
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| March of the Machine Commander (MOC) #111 | Rare | 2023 |
Official rulings
Five official rulings apply to Schema Thief, newest first.
- If the copied artifact is copying something else, then the token enters the battlefield as whatever that artifact copied.
- If the copied artifact is a token, the token that’s created copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that created that token.
- Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied artifact will trigger when the token enters the battlefield. Any “as [this artifact] enters the battlefield” or “[this artifact] enters the battlefield with” abilities of the copied artifact will also work.
- Each of the tokens copy exactly what was printed on the original artifact and nothing else (unless that artifact is copying something else or is a token; see below). It doesn’t copy whether that artifact is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on.
- If the copied artifact has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Schema Thief is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.