Souvenir Snatcher

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Souvenir Snatcher: Creature - Bird, Commander 2020. Mutate 5U. Flying. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{U}
Mana value
5
Type
Creature - Bird
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
4/4
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander 2020 (C20)
Released
2020-04-17
Collector number
38
Artist
Kev Walker
Commander rank
8,560 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flying, Mutate

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About Souvenir Snatcher

Souvenir Snatcher is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue creature from Commander 2020 (C20), a Commander product released in April 2020. It is collector number 38 in that set, with art by Kev Walker. It costs {4}{U} (four generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 4/4 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Commander 2020 is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.46 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Mutate {5}{U} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.)

Flying

Whenever this creature mutates, gain control of target noncreature artifact.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.46 (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 Souvenir Snatcher by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Souvenir Snatcher, newest first.

  • Once Souvenir Snatcher has snatched a noncreature artifact, you’ll continue to control that artifact if it becomes an artifact creature.
  • The control-change effect of Souvenir Snatcher lasts indefinitely. It doesn’t wear off during the cleanup step, and it doesn’t expire if Souvenir Snatcher leaves the battlefield. In a multiplayer game, it does expire if you leave the game. If the artifact’s owner leaves the game, that artifact leaves with them.

Similar cards

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In these precons

Souvenir Snatcher is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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