Cat Burglar
Creature — Kor Rogue Minion
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: Target player discards a card. Activate only as a sorcery.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Exodus
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #28614
Cat Burglar makes an opponent discard a card the moment it enters — immediate hand disruption stapled to a 2/1 body for three mana. Serviceable in dedicated discard and theft strategies, but the rate is too slow for most Commander tables.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Cat Burglar is a bulk common, and that's the ceiling in most formats where it's legal. In Pauper, forced discard at common is genuinely worth examining, though three mana for one discard without evasion or reusability puts it behind stronger options in the format. Commander is where Cat Burglar occasionally earns a slot — specifically in Rakdos or Grixis discard-matters builds where every trigger counts — but it rarely makes cuts above the 99th card. Legacy and Vintage have access to so much more efficient disruption that Cat Burglar never registers.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Cat Burglar is deep bulk — buy a dozen without thinking about it. Don't expect the price to move; this is a common with narrow application and no scarcity driving demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.