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Notion Thief

Game Changer

Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC)

{2}{U}{B}

Creature — Human Rogue

Flash If an opponent would draw a card except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps, instead that player skips that draw and you draw a card.
Plays as
Card DrawWheel Payoff
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal

Used in 9 known combosEDHREC #1,186

Versions

6 printings · from $1.52

Secret Lair Drop
2026#2482In products
Borderless
Special Guests
2024#36In products
BorderlessFull Art
Zendikar Rising Commander
2020#96CheapestIn products
Masters 25
2018#211In products
Dragon's Maze
2013#88In products

Rulings

3 · latest Mar 16, 2018
  • WotCMar 16, 2018

    If an opponent is instructed to draw a card then discard a card, and Notion Thief causes you to draw a card instead, that opponent still discards a card. The same is true of any other actions that opponent is instructed to do.

  • WotCMar 16, 2018

    If two or more players each control a Notion Thief and a player would draw a card other than the first one in their draw step, that player chooses one of the applicable Notion Thief effects to apply. Then the player whose Notion Thief's effect was chosen repeats this process among the remaining Notion Thief effects, and so on, until there are no more possible such effects to apply. Each effect can be applied to the card draw only once this way.

  • WotCMar 16, 2018

    The above procedure means that if each player in a two-player game controls a Notion Thief and one would draw a card, it really will be that player who draws a card.