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Thief of Sanity
Creature — Specter
Flying
Whenever Thief of Sanity 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 it.
Fluggleshmuggits on
Cube Eternal
7 months ago
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Arena of Glory
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Might of Old Krosa
Zo-Zu the Punisher
Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
Queen Kayla bin-Kroog
Tatyova, Benthic Druid
Thief of Sanity
Teetering Peaks
legendofa on Pioneer lantern control
10 months ago
There really isn't any Pioneer-legal single card that continuallu reveals topdecks without doing something else, like Dakra Mystic. There aren't that many topdeck-reveal cards outside of Pioneer, either. That's why Lantern of Insight is so valuable in the deck. The only other directly similar card is Wizened Snitches, with stuff like Aven Windreader being a lot less efficient.
I like the idea, I messed around with Modern Lantern Control for a while, but I don't think the cards are there for a Pioneer version. Your Saheeli's Silverwing blink is as efficient as anything else I came up with in a few quick searches. There just aren't that many cards that let you look at your opponent's library without immediately exiling, milling, or somehow manipulating it--Thief of Sanity, Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker, etc. Draugr Thought-Thief is pretty much the only other Pioneer-legal card I can find.
Coward_Token on
The Pirate Dream
1 year ago
Puking some suggestions at you, sorry
nuperokaso on
Ninjas and Rogues
2 years ago
Thief of Sanity is just a powerful cheap card advantage with evasion
legendofa on
lifelink 1-1 chains
2 years ago
The Thief of Sanity set doesn't really focus the life gain strategy, and the Dimir Guildgates mostly slow down your production. They're fun cards, but I would use them in a different deck. At 65 cards, cutting those eight, one Revenge of Ravens, and replacing the lands with or sources would improve speed and consistency.
Some smaller tweaks would be to drop a second Revenge of Ravens for a fourth Ajani's Pridemate, adding some more removal, and maybe another life gain payoff like Indulging Patrician.
Ouroboros_47 on
Everything you own, ends up beating you
2 years ago
Some better discard would be Thoughtseize and Inquisition of Kozilek. If you have no restrictions for cards Hymn to Tourach is an option. Liliana of the Veil is a better planeswalker. If you want more ways to steal your opponents' stuff besides Tergrid there are a few fun options Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver, Nightveil Specter, or Thief of Sanity.
wallisface on
Nightveil Specter
3 years ago
One of the most recent Ravnica sets (a few years ago) printed Thief of Sanity, which is probably an upgrade to your Spector.
Outside of that, i think you’re running too few lands, and not enough 1-mana cards. Your deck looks like it needs to hit 3 mana on time, so i’d suspect you need 22-23 lands minimum. And, you really need more things to do turn-1, otherwise you’re risking effectively starting 1-turn behind your opponent
Lokotor on
Marchesa, The Black Rose - Primer
3 years ago
I don't think Mahadi, Emporium Master quite makes it. The fact that it can only trigger on your own turn makes it a bit too limited for my liking. I would probably go for Pawn of Ulamog in that slot as it both gives mana and an additional body to sacrifice for more value if you prefer. If you're looking for something in this slot and not running Pitiless Plunderer you may want to consider that.
Mari, the Killing Quill is currently still in the testing phase for me. I've only been able to get her out a couple times so far (I probably should just tutor for her in games) but she can trigger on her own as she is an assassin, and the fact that she gives herself deathtouch comes in handy as well. Additionally, the exile triggers on a creature dying for any reason, independent of having any rogues etc, which is very handy given how common graveyard decks are.
Alongside her I have Dauthi Voidwalker and Oona's Blackguard for tribally relevant cards, but I would like to get maybe one or two more playable cards in that vein to be totally happy. Among current options Zulaport Cutthroat, Ghostly Pilferer, Morbid Opportunist, Grim Hireling, Murderous Redcap, Guildpact Informant, and Glasspool Mimic Flip strike me as being possibilities, but I'm not sure where I want to go on it at the moment.
I prefer Talisman of Creativity over situational ramp cards like Mahadi since it's valuable even on an empty board. If anything I'd cut something like Mari or something that similarly creates situational value in a different area, like Thief of Sanity if I felt I'd prefer to trade card advantage for more ramp.
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