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Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft

Creature — Faerie Rogue // Instant — Adventure1 generic manaBlue manaBlue mana1 generic manaBlue mana

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.

Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft (spg)
SPG · #30mythic
Pricing
Normal: $6.19
Foil: $12.58
Oracle Text

Rules text

Flash Flying This creature can block only creatures with flying. // Return target nonland permanent an opponent controls to its owner's hand.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
Legal
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