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Jewel Thief

Creature — Cat Rogue2 generic manaGreen mana

Green three-drops rarely get to keep both the aggression and the utility in one printing; this one does, and that overlap is why it refuses to sit in a single archetype. The trampling 3/3 means blockers stall it rather than wall it, vigilance means it can hold back on defense without surrendering its swing, and the Treasure it leaves on entry hands the deck a delayed choice: fix a color, ramp into a heavier turn, or feed an artifact to a sacrifice engine that wants one. Nothing about the body needs support to function, and nothing about the Treasure locks you into spending it now rather than three turns from now. That split appeals to opposite gameplans at once. A beatdown shell takes the trampling attacker and treats the mana rock as gravy; a ramp or splash deck wants the Treasure and treats the creature as a free bonus bolted onto it. Because both halves genuinely pull their weight, the card slots into decks with contradictory plans instead of anchoring to any one of them. A clean trampler that guards while it attacks, plus a one-shot mana source attached at no additional cost, tends to outlast flashier competition: it asks for no scaffolding and repays the deck in flexibility every time it hits the board.

Jewel Thief (plst)
PLST · #SNC-151common
Pricing
Normal: $0.19
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Oracle Text

Rules text

Vigilance, trample When this creature enters, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "Tap, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
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
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
Legal
Printings elsewhere

Other printings

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