Thief of Sanity
The List OTC-243 • rare
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- OTC-243
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black · Blue
- Artist
- Igor Kieryluk
What it does
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, look at the top three cards of that player's library, exile one of them face down, then put the rest into their graveyard. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Thief of Sanity was originally printed in the 2018 Magic: The Gathering expansion Guilds of Ravnica, a set centered on the return to the plane of Ravnica and the political machinations of its ten diverse guilds. This specific card represents House Dimir, the guild of secrets and espionage. It was designed as a powerful Dimir creature that mechanically mirrors the guild's theme of stealing information and resources from opponents, forcing them to exile cards from the top of their library and allowing the owner to cast them.
The card was illustrated by Brahim Bensehdi, whose work frequently leans into the eerie and shadow-bound aesthetic of high fantasy. The art depicts a faceless, hooded figure emerging from swirling mist, capturing the essence of a Dimir operative moving unseen. Upon its release, the card was widely noted for its high-risk, high-reward playstyle, becoming a staple in competitive formats where its ability to generate significant card advantage allowed players to utilize an opponent's own tools against them.
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