Anowon, the Ruin Thief
Zendikar Rising Commander 1 • mythic
- Set
- Zendikar Rising Commander
- Collector number
- 1
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black · Blue
- Artist
- Magali Villeneuve
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
Other Rogues you control get +1/+1.
Whenever one or more Rogues you control deal combat damage to a player, that player mills a card for each 1 damage dealt to them. If the player mills at least one creature card this way, you draw a card. (To mill a card, a player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Anowon, the Ruin Thief was released in 2020 as part of the Zendikar Rising Commander set, serving as the face commander for the Sneak Attack deck. The character represents a return to the plane of Zendikar, reimagining the original Anowon, the Ruin Sage from the 2009 Zendikar expansion. In this iteration, the design shifted from a static, high-mana vampire lord to a more active, rogue-tribal synergy piece, reflecting the set's emphasis on party mechanics and adventure-themed gameplay.
The artwork for this card was created by Chris Rahn, who utilized a dark, atmospheric palette to emphasize Anowon’s role as a scholarly but lethal scavenger. The design process focused on translating the rogue archetype into a card that rewarded tactical aggression rather than just board control. Upon its release, the card was widely received by the Commander community as a definitive leader for Rogue-themed tribal decks, praised for its cohesive mechanics and its thematic alignment with the lore of Zendikar's ruin-delving societies.
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