Thieving Magpie

ttian 2009-03-24

★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0) (23 votes)

looks like storm crow, hits like storm crow, but isn't a storm crow

Soul_Shackle 2009-07-21

★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (6 votes)

Thieving Magpie suits Blue's flavor perfectly and can flat out win games.

zeyette 2010-01-25

☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0) (4 votes)

Use cards like Sage Owl or Ponder to see what's coming up, then attack with the magpie.

Tommy9898 2010-02-23

★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0) (4 votes)

Combo's with fire whip.

redmagic123 2010-03-23

★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0) (8 votes)

this is a good card cause it says when thieving magpie deals damage not combat damage.

Eved 2010-06-18

★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0) (3 votes)

Use this, then try saying it isn't an amazing draw engine. This thing is awesome.

Saxophonist 2010-09-29

☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)

Hey! I didn't know they made a Chav card!

Narim 2010-10-03

★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0) (3 votes)

Funny to use with Jace's Erasure... Milling Magpie incoming!

also not bad with Viridian Longbow, but I find it quite funny to imagine magpie shooting from a bow...

Keiya 2010-11-02

★★☆☆☆ (2.1/5.0) (17 votes)

ttian: looks funny, tries to be funny, but isn't funny

DacenOctavio 2011-01-26

★☆☆☆☆ (1.1/5.0) (7 votes)

Soooo good. Too bad they nerfed Shadowmage Infiltrator and errata'd Fear to Intimidate, now we have to spend one more mana and go mono blue for decent evasion to get that damage to connect.

Kalasia 2011-03-22

★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)

This is a great card because it fits so well with pretty much any blue deck. It's a great card for your opponent because s/he gets to exclaim, "Thieving Magpie!"

Superllama12 2011-05-26

★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)

Murdered my friend solely with this and a Seething Anger...it was exceptionally rofl

djflo 2011-06-20

★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0) (2 votes)

@DacenOctavio, what are you talking about? Fear hasn't been errata'd at all. Creatures with fear, like the Shadowmage, still function exactly the same.

This is good if you're mono-blue, particularly in an era where 3 toughness was the magic number. Nowadays, I think it'd be a 2/4.

Mr.Wimples 2012-01-09

★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)

When cast, it is known as "flipping the bird" in my local playgroup.

Technetium 2013-06-03

☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)

When I play these in my decks, I usually end up with only a 3rd of my deck left, and I get enough control cards to make sure the magpie(s) can just keep on going. I've won games before entirely with magpie damage.

TheWrathofShane 2013-11-11

☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)

Threatens card advantage after a few swings. Fun staple card that is not overpowered.

itsandycapp 2014-01-21

☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)

More like thieving 'BUTT pie!

erocket 2014-03-11

☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)

Just found that this is directly or indirectly related to The Thieving Magpie Overture by Rossini on NPR. I always like the hidden gems in text or games.

JoeNitrate 2014-04-03

☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)

Slap on a quicksilver dagger and a snake umbra for (T): ancestral recall. Also gives you a reason to play that guided passage that's been sitting in your trade binder since 2001.

HawkeaterMoth 2014-05-24

☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)

This was my favorite creature of all time. Won lots of (albeit casual) games for me during the Urza's/Masques days.

Galgus 2014-06-09

☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)

I have fond memories of this card from my early days of Magic, and its still quite play-able today.

Its a stylish classic.

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