---
name: "Anowon, the Ruin Thief"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Vampire Rogue"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Mill"]
set: "ZNC"
set_name: "Zendikar Rising Commander"
collector_number: "1"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Magali Villeneuve"
oracle_id: "e7e69583-8326-417e-8a9a-6b917c8ba4b6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/anowon-the-ruin-thief-znc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Anowon, the Ruin Thief
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Vampire Rogue
- **Keywords:** Mill

## Oracle Text
Other Rogues you control get +1/+1.
Whenever one or more Rogues you control deal combat damage to a player, that player mills a card for each 1 damage dealt to them. If the player mills at least one creature card this way, you draw a card. (To mill a card, a player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Thieves' Guild Enforcer](/printing/thieves-guild-enforcer-m21.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
2. [Shadow Stinger](/printing/shadow-stinger-znr.md) — Creature — Vampire Rogue
3. [Soaring Thought-Thief](/printing/soaring-thought-thief-znr.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
4. [Merfolk Windrobber](/printing/merfolk-windrobber-znr.md) — Creature — Merfolk Rogue
5. [Selhoff Occultist](/printing/selhoff-occultist-jmp.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
6. [Stealer of Secrets](/printing/stealer-of-secrets-w17.md) — Creature — Human Rogue

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC) #1
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Magali Villeneuve

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2020-09-25)* You draw just one card, no matter how many creature cards the player mills beyond the first.
- *(2020-09-25)* The player dealt combat damage mills cards only for the damage dealt by your Rogues, not for any other combat damage dealt to them at the same time.
- *(2020-09-25)* Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to other Rogues you control may become lethal if Anowon leaves the battlefield during that turn.
- *(2020-09-25)* If Rogues you control deal combat damage to two players at once, Anowon’s ability triggers twice.