Fortune Thief
Time Spiral (TSP) #156 · Rare · Creature — Human Rogue
Mana cost: {4}{R}
Damage that would reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead.
Morph {R}{R} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
Power/toughness 0/1 · Illustrated by Christopher Moeller · Released October 6, 2006
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.67 USD · €0.24 EUR
- Foil: $4.50 USD · €1.05 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.07 USD (11.7%) to $0.67 USD; low $0.60 USD, high $0.69 USD.
Printings
- Masters 25 #130 (A25) · Rare · 2018 · $0.47 USD
- Time Spiral #156 (this printing) · Rare · 2006 · $0.67 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2018-03-16 · wotc — If your life total is less than 1 but you've somehow avoided losing the game, Fortune Thief's effect won't apply at all if you're dealt damage.
- 2018-03-16 · wotc — Fortune Thief's effect applies only if your life total is being reduced by damage. Other effects or costs (such as losing or paying life) can reduce your life total below 1 as normal.
- 2018-03-16 · wotc — Fortune Thief's effect is not a prevention effect. It stops unpreventable damage from reducing your life total below 1.
- 2018-03-16 · wotc — Fortune Thief doesn't change how much damage is dealt; it just changes how much life that damage makes you lose. Abilities such as lifelink will see the full amount of damage being dealt.
- 2018-03-16 · wotc — Fortune Thief won't prevent you from losing the game if your life total becomes 0 or less or if some other effect causes you to lose the game.