Psychic Theft
Sorcery
Target player reveals their hand. You choose an instant or sorcery card from it and exile that card. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled. At the beginning of the next end step, if you haven't cast the card, return it to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Prophecy
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #27103
Psychic Theft lets you cast a sorcery from an opponent's hand — then holds it hostage until end of turn, threatening to cast it again if they don't replay it first. Two mana for that range of disruption and theft is cheap enough to run in any blue deck that wants to punish combo or control opponents.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Psychic Theft is a niche but real tool — blue decks that sit across the table from heavy sorcery-based combo or storm players get genuine value from the denial angle, and stealing a game-winning spell at instant speed can swing a pod. In Legacy and Vintage, the sorcery-only restriction is crippling in formats defined by instants and artifacts, so Psychic Theft barely sees play despite being legal. Oathbreaker is probably its best competitive home outside Commander, where opponent sorceries are more predictable and the two-mana slot is at a premium.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Psychic Theft is firmly bulk — the price reflects its narrow application rather than any power ceiling. It's stable there; casual demand keeps a floor but nothing about the card's role in current metas is driving it up.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.