Notion Thief

Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC) #96 · Rare · Creature — Human Rogue

Mana cost: {2}{U}{B}

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.

Power/toughness 3/1 · Illustrated by Clint Cearley · Released September 25, 2020

Prices

Nonfoil price since August 17, 2026: up $0.10 USD (6.6%) to $1.61 USD; low $1.39 USD, high $1.69 USD.

Printings

  1. Secret Lair Drop #2482 (SLD) · Rare · 2026 · $8.38 USD
  2. Pioneer Masters #235 (PIO) · Rare · 2024
  3. Special Guests #36 (SPG) · Mythic · 2024 · $7.30 USD
  4. Tales of Middle-earth Commander #270 (LTC) · Rare · 2023 · $3.68 USD
  5. Zendikar Rising Commander #96 (this printing) · Rare · 2020 · $1.61 USD
  6. Masters 25 #211 (A25) · Rare · 2018 · $4.60 USD
  7. Dragon's Maze #88 (DGM) · Rare · 2013 · $1.94 USD

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2018-03-16 · wotc — 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.
  2. 2018-03-16 · wotc — 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.
  3. 2018-03-16 · wotc — 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.

Played in these commander decks

  1. Sauron, Lord of the Rings · in 63% of 35 decks
  2. Sauron, the Dark Lord · in 18% of 50 decks
  3. Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen · in 16% of 49 decks
  4. Fire Lord Azula · in 14% of 50 decks
  5. Alela, Cunning Conqueror · in 10% of 48 decks
  6. Don Andres, the Renegade · in 7% of 45 decks
  7. Captain N'ghathrod · in 6% of 49 decks
  8. Jon Irenicus, Shattered One · in 6% of 50 decks

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