Temple Thief
Creature — Human Rogue
This creature can't be blocked by enchanted creatures or enchantment creatures.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Theros Beyond Death
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #27848
Temple Thief is a two-mana 2/1 with menace that can't be blocked by creatures with defender — a narrow ability that rarely changes combat math in any meaningful way. Bulk rare energy, not a staple.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Temple Thief is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but that breadth doesn't translate to playability. In Commander, a 2/1 menace body for two mana needs a payoff — aggressive tribal synergies or an evasion-matters commander — and even then the defender-clause rider is nearly irrelevant given how few decks lean on Walls and Arcades, the Strategist builds. In Pauper, menace two-drops compete with cards that generate immediate card advantage or board presence, and Temple Thief does neither. Across every format, this is a card that sits at the bottom of the stack.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Temple Thief is deep bulk — the kind of price that reflects near-zero demand across every format it's legal in. Don't expect movement; the card doesn't have a breakout archetype waiting for it.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.