Steal Artifact
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant artifact
You control enchanted artifact.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Intl. Collectors' Edition
- Price
- $3.82
- EDHREC rank
- #17933
Steal Artifact permanently takes any artifact on the board for four mana — no temporary borrow, no returning at end of turn. The cost is the enchantment type: if the Aura gets removed, so does your claim on the stolen piece.
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 |
In Commander, Steal Artifact earns its slot in blue decks that expect artifact-heavy tables — stealing a Sword of Feast and Famine or an opponent's Sol Ring is a two-for-one that compounds every subsequent turn. Legacy and Vintage have the raw power density to make a four-mana enchantment feel slow, and the enchantment-removal risk is more acute in those formats where Swords to Plowshares hits targets faster than you can protect your Aura. Modern sees almost no play for the same reason — four mana for a conditional permanent-steal can't compete with the format's speed. Steal Artifact is at its best in Commander, where artifacts are everywhere, the game is long enough to extract full value, and most decks run light on enchantment removal.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$3.82 cheap tier
At $3.82, Steal Artifact sits in the cheap tier — reasonable for a niche effect with a loyal audience in Commander artifact-theft builds. The price is stable; it's not a staple with broad demand, but it's not going anywhere either.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.