Notion Thief Price
7 printings · 7 sets · first printed 2013
Notion Thief has been printed 7 times across 7 sets, first in 2013 and most recently in 2026. Right now the cheapest printing is Zendikar Rising Commander #96 at $1.59, while the most expensive is Secret Lair Drop #2482 at $8.38 — about 5× more. The median across 6 priced printings is $4.01. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 7x, including dedicated reprint sets like Pioneer Masters, Tales of Middle-earth Commander.
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Every Notion Thief Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zendikar Rising Commander #96 (R) Cheapest | 2020 | $1.59 | $1.35 |
| Dragon's Maze #88 (R) | 2013 | $1.96 | $0.75 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander #270 (R) | 2023 | $3.42 | $1.00 |
| Masters 25 #211 (R) | 2018 | $4.60 | — |
| Special Guests #36 (M) | 2024 | $7.30 | $4.00 |
| Secret Lair Drop #2482 (R) | 2026 | $8.38 | $4.70 |
| Pioneer Masters #235 (R) | 2024 | — | — |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
If an opponent would draw a card except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps, instead that player skips that draw and you draw a card.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 7 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
3 PrecedentsIf an opponent is instructed to draw a card then discard a card, and Notion Thief causes you to draw a card instead, that opponent still discards a card. The same is true of any other actions that opponent is instructed to do.
If two or more players each control a Notion Thief and a player would draw a card other than the first one in their draw step, that player chooses one of the applicable Notion Thief effects to apply. Then the player whose Notion Thief's effect was chosen repeats this process among the remaining Notion Thief effects, and so on, until there are no more possible such effects to apply. Each effect can be applied to the card draw only once this way.
The above procedure means that if each player in a two-player game controls a Notion Thief and one would draw a card, it really will be that player who draws a card.