Fortune Thief

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Format Legality
1v1 Commander Legal
Archenemy Legal
Block Constructed Legal
Canadian Highlander Legal
Casual Legal
Commander / EDH Legal
Commander: Rule 0 Legal
Custom Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Highlander Legal
Legacy Legal
Leviathan Legal
Limited Legal
Modern Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Planechase Legal
Quest Magic Legal
Vanguard Legal
Vintage Legal

Fortune Thief

Creature — Human Rogue

Damage that would reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead.

Morph (Red)(Red) (You may play this face down as a 2/2 creature for (3). Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

PaulMuadDib on Grenzo, Power 2 Tribal

1 year ago

Never knew Fortune Thief existed, thanks!

How often are you forced to hit your own bit stuff with Big Game Hunter?

I would highly recommend Coffin Queen in this type of deck, even just to reanimate your own creatures that have died. Being able to snipe and exile opponent's value creatures is great, my favorite trick I learned was responding to an opponent's Eldrazi Titan's shuffle trigger to snip their Ulamog. First time I slotted her in I won by reanimating my own Dualcaster Mage at the right moment to mess up my opponent's combat plan and survived to my next turn.

plakjekaas on SMFWWTWB! (Mogis - Group Slug!)

1 year ago

I like Fortune Thief in my group slug deck, just to not die to the symmetrical damage effects.

spellshaper.quixote on Exploding Waifu Simulator

3 years ago

The big players in the deck are definitely Bonus Round and Finale of Promise , either of which is usually enough to completely change the direction of the game. Pulling off the Brash Taunter and Blazing Sunsteel combo is also funny whenever it happens, but the playgroup's started to catch wise to the idea that they shouldn't let Taunter or Stuffy Doll hang around unmolested. Though one of my favorite plays actually led to a draw--a Xantcha player had thrown Phyresis onto her and there was no way I was going to win...so I hit her with Arcbond and then dropped Blasphemous Act to take everyone else with me.

While I get the idea behind both Glacial Chasm and Fortune Thief , the reality has been that I'm rarely setting off a symmetrical explosion large enough to take me out of the game. In those cases when Ashling does get sizeable, lifelink from Basilisk Collar or Shadowspear has always been enough to solve the issue. Since lifelink isn't a triggered ability any more since M10, you gain that life at the exact same time damage is dealt, so your life total is never seen to hit zero.

I actually did have Leyline Tyrant in a prior version of the list, but didn't really feel like it was pulling its weight. It was never the card in hand that I most wanted to cast, and after it resolved I rarely had so little to do with my mana that there was much left to bank. Obviously, it pairs very nicely with Braid of Fire , but that was never a consistent enough occurrence to make up for the number of times that it was a dead card that died to Ashling herself half of the time. Because of that, I never really considered Horizon Stone , but the stone not being a creature may make it worth revisiting.

Toralf, God of Fury  Flip is a possible inclusion that I've gone back and forth on. On the one hand, he could add up to a decent chunk of additional damage over the course of a game (assuming he doesn't himself die to Ashling too early), and could possibly just wipe out the rest of the table if onboard for a Blasphemous Act . On the other hand, so much of what the deck focuses on is the spellslinging angle, with Ashling serving more as a deterrent and repeatable boardwipe than a win condition. He's definitely on my short list, but I'll need to get in a few more games to feel out whether the latest changes leave any obvious cuts for him.

Birgi, God of Storytelling  Flip is in a similar boat to Toralf, albeit with more of the uncertainty tied up in her lower toughness. Both of her sides are useful, both for the effective cost reduction on her front face and the card cash-in from Harnfel, but I simply haven't been able to figure out what to cut.

thomasswayne on Exploding Waifu Simulator

3 years ago

Might I suggest Glacial Chasm and Fortune Thief in order to survive the Ashling Blast! I've wanted to build this commander for so long, Any highlights if you already own the deck or if you have had the chance to play it online? Are there any big players?

Some other reccomendations off the top of my head are Horizon Stone , Leyline Tyrant , Toralf, God of Fury  Flip, and Birgi, God of Storytelling  Flip if you are willing to add some more creatures to the mix.

carpecanum on Animorph +1

3 years ago

No easy infinites...props sir.

Gilded Goose is one of very few cards that can get Animar out on turn 2.

Nullstone Gargoyle is terrifying to almost any deck

Nantuko Vigilante, Akroma, Angel of Fury and Fortune Thief are useful morphs

BMHKain on If anyone can let Mono-R …

4 years ago

@crash328: Why not Risk Factor also? XP It's one damage less than Browbeat , but it can be used a second time in the grave. That said, I'm announcing it now; After those, & Bag of Holding , I think I got too much on my plate. 39 to be exact. But there are lots of stuff needed to be kept:

  1. Heartless Hidetsugu
  2. Fortune Thief (Because he still says so.)
  3. Aggravated Assault This actually gives me an advantage you wouldn't think of.
  4. (Unless it's said, & I feel I need to keep it; say its name; & why it needs to go.)

The rest is up to you. For now, I've heck to pay... XP

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