Fortune Thief
Creature — Human Rogue
Damage that would reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead.
Morph (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for 
. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
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- Set
- Time Spiral (TSP #156)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 5
- Released
- 2006-10-06
- Artist
- Christopher Moeller
- EDHREC rank
- #13,182
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos 2
Format legality
Rulings
- 2018-03-16
Fortune Thief doesn't change how much damage is dealt; it just changes how much life that damage makes you lose. Abilities such as lifelink will see the full amount of damage being dealt.
- 2018-03-16
Fortune Thief won't prevent you from losing the game if your life total becomes 0 or less or if some other effect causes you to lose the game.
- 2018-03-16
Fortune Thief's effect applies only if your life total is being reduced by damage. Other effects or costs (such as losing or paying life) can reduce your life total below 1 as normal.
- 2018-03-16
Fortune Thief's effect is not a prevention effect. It stops unpreventable damage from reducing your life total below 1.
- 2018-03-16
If your life total is less than 1 but you've somehow avoided losing the game, Fortune Thief's effect won't apply at all if you're dealt damage.