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Enigma Thief

Creature — Sphinx Rogue

Set

Zendikar Rising Commander (znc)

Rarity

Rare

Mana Cost

Artist

Victor Adame Minguez

Power / Toughness

5 / 5

Oracle Text

Prowl

(You may cast this spell for its prowl cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with a Sphinx or Rogue.) Flying When this creature enters, for each opponent, return up to one target nonland permanent that player controls to its owner's hand.

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Rules for this card

Flying Rule 702.9 Glossary

A keyword ability that restricts how a creature may be blocked. See rule 702.9, “Flying.”
Prowl Rule 702.76 Glossary

A keyword ability that may allow a spell to be cast for an alternative cost. See rule 702.76, “Prowl.”

Rulings (4)

September 25, 2020 Wizards of the Coast
If a nonland permanent changes control while it's the target of Enigma Thief's ability, that permanent won't be a legal target as the ability resolves. Any remaining legal targets will be returned to their owners' hand.
September 25, 2020 Wizards of the Coast
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a prowl cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.
September 25, 2020 Wizards of the Coast
You can cast a spell for its prowl cost any time in a turn after a creature you control of a matching type has dealt combat damage to a player. It doesn't matter if that player left the game, if that creature left the battlefield or left your control, or if that creature no longer has a matching type.
September 25, 2020 Wizards of the Coast
Prowl compares the creature types of the spell with the creature types of the creatures that dealt combat damage to players this turn. Normally this means that you can cast Enigma Thief for its prowl cost only if a Sphinx or Rogue dealt combat damage to a player, but if an effect causes the spell to have other creature types, the prowl ability is also satisfied by a creature with those additional types having dealt combat damage to a player.