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Slothrob

Aura Thief [Spec]

I was in the process of foiling out one of my EDH decks, and I noticed that not only is this card hard to find in foil, but the price hasn't moved much in a long time.

http://mtgstocks.com/prints/8610

As more and more Gods start showing up in casual decks, people will be casting about for answers, and this guy is absurd in that regard.

I'm not a speculator, I just like wasting time on this sub, so I figured I would try my hand at starting a discussion.

Posted Jan 15, 2014, 7:57 PM UTC

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GrossoGGO•

Aura thief is one of those cards which interacts with a specific card type (Enchantments) in a way which may make it get 'better' over time as more cards of that type are printed, however it isn't a good spec. There are too many restrictions on when it is good for it to be a great spec (it has to be on the battlefield, enchantments need to be under opponent's control, you need to get it in to the graveyard, etc). I'd still rather steal someone's Sylvan Library instead of their Purphoros most any time.

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SlothrobOP•

But the Thief will steal both their Library and their Purphoros.

Honestly, it's at its best when it steals Mana Reflection or Mirrari's Wake.

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GrossoGGO•

Well, I mean, running it with Enchanted Evening and a sac outlet is as good as it gets. But it is still just a really good 'role-player', as I like to call cards which are very good at performing specific functions, i.e. stealing all enchantments, but you still gotta setup a very specific scenario within which it can be good. It isn't good in every deck, I strongly doubt it is overvalued, and Theros block has been giving us new ways to deal with enchantments.

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misterci•

Savage combo with Enchanted Evening and a sac outlet

Mwahahahhaha

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1337N00B5T3RApproved Submitter•

Well, it is mono blue's answer to every god. Unfortunately, usually in EDH enchantments do something right when they come out(Oblivion Ring, Food Chain) or are so useful in the long run that you can't not run it(Sylvan Library, Humility, Worship, Lurking Predators) and not a lot of enchantments have activated abilities. Also, as of right now, the gods aren't really that powerful in EDH, except for Purphoros in some sort of stupid combo.

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SlothrobOP•

Why does an enchantment having an activated ability matter?

Stealing Library, Worship or Lurking Predators seems very good.

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1337N00B5T3RApproved Submitter•

Yes, very good, but a lot of the time the enchantments like that will do something global regardless of who has them. Very soon we could see the Archetype of "whatever the hell" cycle come in and depending on what their abilities are, they could all be in every commander deck. That would make it an almost auto include in any blue deck to have aura thief.

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