Thief of Hope
Champions of Kamigawa 147 • uncommon
- Set
- Champions of Kamigawa
- Collector number
- 147
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Greg Hildebrandt
- Market price
- $0.17
What it does
Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Soulshift 2 (When this creature dies, you may return target Spirit card with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to your hand.)
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Thief of Hope was released in 2004 as part of the Champions of Kamigawa expansion, a set that drew heavily from Japanese folklore and Shinto mythology. Within the game's mechanics, the card features the 'Spirit' creature type and the 'Soulshift' ability, which allowed players to return smaller spirits from their graveyard to their hand, reflecting the set's thematic preoccupation with the boundary between the living and the spirit realms.
The artwork was commissioned from Greg Hildebrandt, one half of the renowned Brothers Hildebrandt team famous for their fantasy and science fiction illustration. Hildebrandt’s approach for this piece emphasizes the ethereal and unsettling nature of the Kamigawa spirits, utilizing his signature dramatic lighting and painterly style to create a figure that feels both grounded in traditional fantasy aesthetics and uniquely suited to the darker, supernatural tone of the Kamigawa plane.
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