Plan the Heist
Sorcery
Surveil 3 if you have no cards in hand. Then draw three cards. (To surveil 3, look at the top three cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
Plot 
(You may pay and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #13866
Plan the Heist puts three cards in your hand and copies an opponent's best permanent — at instant speed, for four mana. That rate is real, and Kellan, the Kid turns the copy clause into an engine rather than a one-time bonus.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kellan, the Kid
Kellan, the Kid triggers off casting noncreature spells, so Plan the Heist both draws into more threats and drops a copy of whatever your opponent built their deck around — Kellan turns one card into card advantage and a stolen engine simultaneously.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Plan the Heist is a Commander card through and through — three-for-one card draw plus a token copy of an opponent's permanent is exactly the kind of value that scales with the multiplayer card pool. In 1v1 formats like Modern or Pioneer, copying one permanent is narrower and four mana competes with faster card advantage spells that don't ask you to wait for the right target. Legacy and Vintage have no room for a four-mana sorcery-speed effect regardless of the upside. Standard and Pioneer give it a legal home, but it's a sideboard curiosity at best in those formats rather than a mainstay.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Plan the Heist is bulk — pick it up without hesitation if the effect fits your deck. Bulk rares with niche Commander homes tend to stay cheap unless a high-profile deck pushes demand, so don't expect the price to move.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.