Thieving Amalgam

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Thieving Amalgam: Creature - Ape Snake, Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{5}{B}{B}
Mana value
7
Type
Creature - Ape Snake
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
6/7
Rarity
Rare
Set
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC)
Released
2024-04-19
Collector number
150
Artist
Johan Grenier
Commander rank
5,316 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Manifest

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About Thieving Amalgam

Thieving Amalgam is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC), a Commander product released in April 2024. It is collector number 150 in that set, with art by Johan Grenier. It costs {5}{B}{B} (five generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 7. It is a 6/7 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Commander 2019 (2019) to Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.00 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, you manifest the top card of that player's library. (Put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

Whenever a creature you control but don't own dies, its owner loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.00 (as of 2026-11-11).

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

Format legality

Legality of Thieving Amalgam by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Thieving Amalgam

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

PrintingRarityYear
Commander 2019 (C19) #21Rare2019

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Thieving Amalgam, newest first.

  • Your opponents can't look at the card they own that you manifested.
  • If a creature you control but don't own dies at the same time that its owner leaves the game, Thieving Amalgam's last ability triggers. No player loses 2 life, but you gain 2 life.
  • In the Commander variant, you can produce mana that isn't of your commander's color identity if an effect lets you produce mana of that color or mana of any color, even though those symbols can't appear on cards in your deck. You may be able to turn a manifested creature card face up this way if it's not the same colors as your commander.
  • In a multiplayer game, if a player leaves the game, all cards that player owns leave as well. If you leave the game, the creatures you manifested with Thieving Amalgam's triggered ability are exiled.
  • If a creature you control but don't own dies at the same time that your life total becomes 0 or less, you lose the game before Thieving Amalgam's last ability can save you.

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