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just plain rude in multiplayer 8 player ffa.

A way to ensure at least one opponent plays a counterspell in a chaos game.

I'd say this is fairly useful in multiplayer. snatching up a planeswalker or two is neat.

This card always snatches up some goodies an in EDH game. "I'll take that Liliana Vess you have with 8 counters on it......oh, and Mycoloth with the 30 counters on it seems nice......man I'm going to need to discard this turn.....but not if I grab his Reliquary Tower".

This card is better than most control spells because they can't naturalize it unlike most of the others.

Is that aven stealing a Mox Ruby? O_O

Love the flavor and the effect- expensive, but rightly so.

In the right game, it can serve as massive mana acceleration. Five lands for 4UUU? Sure, why not.

You're not going to be taking Moxen with this card; when you cast it, you clearly have access to enough mana.

Played a massive 11 player multiplayer game the other day. Got some Jace's, and Gideon's. Used this late game. Blue guy countered it. I Twincasted. Hello, Venser. Hello, Baneslayer. Hello, everything useful in play. See that Aven on the art? That's me.

Yoink! The card.

"Don't mind if I did!" -Tobuscus

Freakin' owls always ruin everything.

I like Dberry02's idea! Great thought. Sure it'll still paint the bullseye on your back, but at the same time, won't make every chair at the table want to end your life. In fact, its such a politically efficient and "nice" way to play this card, it might just get forgiven fairly quickly if not earn you a friend or 2 out of sheer respect and classy style alone! as far as what Drewsel said.. Yeah no. You don't steal "SOME" Jace's or Gideon's, etc.. For SOME of ANY Planeswalkers would fail to exist simultaneously to begin with.. And if you were talking about stealing them more than once over seperate games the same day, well.. I'd then too have to call your bluff on that because, A. 11 seats filled for a multiplayer game is no quick outting, that's a long game and the chances of you pulling Jace and Gideon at the same time more than once in tje same day is darn near.. No, F that, it isn't even possible. You sir have a long nose. Just sayin ;) And last but not least, @ Scumbling1: In this game, there's almost no such thing as "ENOUGH MANA" brotheren!

"Mine, mine, mine, mine, and-"

Is beaten up for being a dick and playing this in a six player game.

"I'm gonna take your Omniscience, your Stuffy Doll, your Elspeth Tirel, and... why are all of you holding knives?"

Haha! "I'll leave subtlety to the rich", while taking a Moxen. The irony... or overshadowing. I don't know how expensive Moxes were in 2002.

is usually more difficult to pay than if it cost . Although it costs less, you still have to allocate so many of your lands for the . Even if it's not too much of a hassle to play, like if you were playing a two-coloured deck like Melek EDH (but I don't know WHO'D do THAT!), you've now used 3 of your lands for blue, leaving less blue-creating lands for any other blue spells you'd like to play.

All in all, Blatant Thievery is to Control Magic as Decree of Pain is to Damnation. You get more of an effect, but it's accounted for in the cost.

Nothing like casting this for free with Jeleva and copying it a few times with the left over mana.

I remember one time me and a bunch of friends got together and had an absolutely massive free for all (I think it was upwards of 20 players). After a round or two we decided to just split up into groups of three, but it was still technically the massive free for all. I would have killed to be able to play this at the time if I knew about it, but at least I did manage to cast a congregate.

@ultratog1028

Well, of course this card is rude in multiplayer. Being really rude in multiplayer is the point of this card, obviously.