Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft
A one-sided Unsummon and a 3/1 evasive flash threat, sold together at a discount that costs you nothing in deckbuilding. Petty Theft trades cleanly against anything expensive an opponent has committed, buying a turn while the Faerie waits in reserve; then, having already banked value from the same card, you flash in the flier at the end of their turn and start a clock most decks cannot profitably block. The defensive self-restriction (it can only block flyers) is the tax that keeps the offense honest: this wants to be racing, not holding the ground. Both halves resolve at instant speed, which is the real reason the packaging is so tight. The bounce holds up as interaction on their turn, the body deploys in the same window, and you never have to tap out on your own turn to develop a board. Neither effect asks anything of your other spells, so the card folds into any blue deck that likes to hold priority and answer threats reactively. That independence is why it became a reference point when designers explain why Adventure functioned as more than a novelty: not a trick that needs a shell to matter, but two efficient blue effects bundled onto one piece of cardboard, each one worth a card on its own and worth more stapled together.

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Other printings
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander#190
- Special Guests#30
- Wilds of Eldraine Commander#85
- Secret Lair Drop#234
- Magic Online Promos#78826
- Throne of Eldraine#281
- Throne of Eldraine Promos#39s
- Throne of Eldraine Promos#39p








