Psychic Pickpocket
- Mana cost
- {4}{U}
- Type
- Creature — Octopus Rogue
- Power / toughness
- 3 / 2
- Set
- Streets of New Capenna #54 (uncommon)
- Price
- $0.22 USD
When this creature enters, it connives. When it connives this way, return up to one target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. (To have a creature connive, draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)
Psychic Pickpocket has 1 printing, first in Streets of New Capenna (2022). EDHREC ranks it #23,046 among Commander cards. It appears most in Aboshan, Cephalid Emperor decks (120 on EDHREC). It has 5 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Psychic Pickpocket most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Aboshan, Cephalid Emperor: 120 decks
- Leader, Super-Genius: 22 decks
- Ghost of Ramirez DePietro: 2 decks
Often played with Psychic Pickpocket
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If no card is discarded, most likely because that player's hand is empty and an effect says they can't draw cards, the conniving creature does not receive a +1/+1 counter.
- : The target permanent to return is chosen after Psychic Pickpocket connives.
- : Once an ability that causes a creature to connive begins to resolve, no player may take any other actions until it's done. Notably, opponents can't try to remove the conniving creature after you discard a nonland card but before it receives a counter.
- : If a resolving spell or ability instructs a specific creature to connive but that creature has left the battlefield, the creature still connives. Abilities that trigger “when [that creature] connives, such as that of Psychic Pickpocket, will trigger.
- : If a resolving spell or ability instructs a specific creature to connive but that creature has left the battlefield, the creature still connives. If you discard a nonland card this way, you won't put a +1/+1 counter on anything. Abilities that trigger “when [that creature] connives” will trigger.