Larceny
Enchantment
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Eighth Edition
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #16081
Larceny turns every attacking creature into a discard trigger — land enough hits and opponents empty their hands in two or three swings. The catch is the five-mana investment and the enchantment's total dependence on combat, so shells that already want to go wide and swing make far better use of it than midrange piles do; Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal is the canonical home precisely because emptying hands feeds its draw engine.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal
Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal rewards opponents having empty hands, and Larceny is one of the fastest ways to get them there — each combat strips a card per creature through, accelerating the condition that turns Aclazotz into a free draw engine.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Larceny is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it only sees real play in Commander. In Legacy and Modern the five-mana enchantment is far too slow relative to what those formats can do by turn three; Vintage is a non-starter for the same reason. Commander is where mass discard-by-combat has room to breathe — multiple opponents mean the card generates more total value, and go-wide token strategies can strip three hands in one attack phase.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Price data isn't available for Larceny at the moment, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current listings. It's a casual-only card with no competitive demand, which historically keeps older enchantments like this in budget territory.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.