Tinybones, the Pickpocket
Legendary Creature — Skeleton Rogue
Deathtouch
Whenever Tinybones deals combat damage to a player, you may cast target nonland permanent card from that player's graveyard, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction Promos
- Price
- $5.03
- EDHREC rank
- #2462
Tinybones, the Pickpocket hits opponents on the way in — deathtouch plus the ability to steal a card from any opponent's graveyard on combat damage means it's generating value the turn it connects, not three turns later. At one black mana with a 1/1 body, the floor is low but the ceiling scales with how much opponents spend on their graveyards, and Laughing Jasper Flint decks have made it a staple precisely because that ceiling gets hit constantly.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Laughing Jasper Flint
Laughing Jasper Flint is built around putting cards into opponents' graveyards and then capitalizing on them, so Tinybones, the Pickpocket functions as a repeatable extraction engine — each combat step is another opportunity to cast whatever Jasper buried.
Rev, Tithe Extractor
Rev, Tithe Extractor taxes opponents and generates pressure through incremental advantage, and Tinybones, the Pickpocket fits neatly as a one-mana threat that punishes any opponent who stockpiles their graveyard, doubling up on Rev's resource-denial gameplan.
Gonti, Night Minister
Gonti, Night Minister rewards casting spells from opponents' libraries and graveyards, and Tinybones, the Pickpocket is one of the cheapest repeatable ways to keep feeding that engine — connect once and you've already recouped the investment.
Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter
Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter incentivizes playing with opponents' cards across zones, and Tinybones, the Pickpocket is a natural fit: one mana, deathtouch to survive trades, and a steal trigger that hands Nathan Drake exactly the kind of material it wants to exploit.
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar already cares about stealing and casting opponents' spells, so Tinybones, the Pickpocket is a thematic and mechanical double — the Pickpocket's combat damage trigger feeds the Bauble Burglar's payoffs at the lowest possible mana investment.
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 |
Commander is the format where Tinybones, the Pickpocket earns its keep — three opponents means three graveyards to pick from, and deathtouch makes blocking it a losing trade at every point in the game. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, it's a fringe curiosity at best: one power doesn't close games fast enough, and opponents in those formats actively manage their graveyards against dedicated hate, which undercuts the steal trigger. Legacy and Vintage have enough broken one-drops that a 1/1 with a conditional ability won't make the cut outside of niche brews. Standard is theoretically legal but the card's ceiling is too low for a format where tempo is everything. Oathbreaker, like Commander, gives it a real home whenever the signature spell or planeswalker supports a graveyard-theft theme.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Eternal Thief fills a similar role — evasion plus the ability to cast cards from opponents' zones — though it costs more mana and lacks deathtouch, so it's less sticky in combat. Gonti, Lord of Luxury is the other obvious name: it steals on entry rather than on damage, which is more reliable but also more expensive at four mana, meaning it can't replicate the pressure Tinybones, the Pickpocket applies from turn one.
Price Context
Current price
$5.03 mid tier
At $5.03, Tinybones, the Pickpocket sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like a real purchase, cheap enough that it's not a barrier in a 55%-plus inclusion rate across its top homes. The price is justified by the card's unique combination of rate and utility; nothing else at one mana does exactly this job.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.