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Thieving Otter

Creature — Otter

Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, draw a card.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
common
Set
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths
Price
$0.18
EDHREC rank
#11068
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Thieving Otter card art
Thieving Otter draws you a card every time it deals combat damage to a player — a repeatable engine stapled to a 2/1 flash body for two mana. In dedicated shells like Bria, Riptide Rogue, it's a combo enabler; pair it with Mind Over Matter and you have a discard outlet that keeps refueling itself.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Bria, Riptide Rogue

Bria, Riptide Rogue

32.7% of decks · synergy 0.31

Bria, Riptide Rogue cares deeply about Rogues connecting with opponents, and Thieving Otter fits that gameplan as both a tribal member and a card-advantage engine that rewards successful attacks.

02
Alania, Divergent Storm

Alania, Divergent Storm

31.9% of decks · synergy 0.30

Alania, Divergent Storm triggers off the first instant or sorcery you cast each turn, and Thieving Otter's combat draw keeps fueling that spell-per-turn requirement while pressuring life totals.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Thieving Otter earns its slot in any blue aggro or Rogue-tribal deck that can consistently connect in combat — the draw trigger scales well when you're swinging at three opponents. In competitive 1v1 formats like Modern and Pioneer, a 2/1 for two that requires combat damage to draw is too slow and too easy to block; it sees essentially no play there. Pauper is the one non-Commander format where cheap, repeatable draw on a creature has some theoretical appeal, but the body is underpowered against the format's efficient removal. Stick to Commander.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.18 bulk tier

At $0.18, Thieving Otter is deep bulk — easy to pick up in any trade binder or as a throw-in. Bulk commons and uncommons with narrow synergy profiles rarely climb in price, so grab it for the nickels it costs now and don't expect that to change.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.