Thief of Sanity
Thief of Sanity: Creature - Specter, Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{U}{B}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Specter
- Colour identity
- Blue and black (UB)
- Power / toughness
- 2/2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC)
- Released
- 2024-04-19
- Collector number
- 243
- Artist
- Igor Kieryluk
- Commander rank
- 3,173 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flying
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About Thief of Sanity
Thief of Sanity is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue and black creature from Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC), a Commander product released in April 2024. It is collector number 243 in that set, with art by Igor Kieryluk. It costs {1}{U}{B} (one generic, one blue and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/2 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 6 sets, from Guilds of Ravnica (2018) to Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.67 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, look at the top three cards of that player's library, exile one of them face down, then put the rest into their graveyard. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.67 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Thief of Sanity 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 Thief of Sanity
Thief of Sanity has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #OTC-243 | Rare | 2026 |
| Ravnica: Clue Edition (CLU) #212 | Rare | 2024 |
| New Capenna Commander (NCC) #354 | Rare | 2022 |
| Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) #205 | Rare | 2018 |
| Guilds of Ravnica Promos (PGRN) #205p | Rare | 2018 |
| Guilds of Ravnica Promos (PGRN) #205s | Rare | 2018 |
Official rulings
Five official rulings apply to Thief of Sanity, newest first.
- Casting an exiled card causes it to leave exile. You can't cast it multiple times.
- You can still cast the exiled card if Thief of Sanity leaves the battlefield or leaves your control. If another player gains control of Thief of Sanity, that player can't cast the exiled card.
- An effect that instructs you to "cast" a card doesn't allow you to play lands.
- Thief of Sanity's effect doesn't change when you can cast the exiled card. For example, if you exile a sorcery card, you can cast it only during your main phase when the stack is empty.
- In a multiplayer game, if a player leaves the game, all cards that player owns leave as well. If you leave the game, any spells or permanents you control from Thief of Sanity's effect are exiled, and any of the face-down exiled cards remain face down indefinitely. No player may look at them.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a blue and black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Thief of Sanity is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.