---
name: "Black Cat, Cunning Thief"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Rogue Villain"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "OM1"
set_name: "Through the Omenpaths"
collector_number: "74"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Alessandra Pisano"
oracle_id: "f5cdb413-2b72-4dc6-b93d-2532ac2ae568"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/black-cat-cunning-thief-om1"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Black Cat, Cunning Thief
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Rogue Villain

## Oracle Text
When Black Cat enters, look at the top nine cards of target opponent's library, exile two of them face down, then put the rest on the bottom of their library in a random order. You may play the exiled cards for as long as they remain exiled. Mana of any type can be spent to cast spells this way.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cat Burglar](/printing/cat-burglar-exo.md) — Creature — Kor Rogue Minion
2. [The Magic Bandit](/printing/the-magic-bandit-unk.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Rogue
3. [Grimoire Thief](/printing/grimoire-thief-mor.md) — Creature — Merfolk Rogue
4. [Outrageous Robbery](/printing/outrageous-robbery-mkm.md) — Instant
5. [Opposition Agent](/printing/opposition-agent-cmr.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
6. [Thought-String Analyst](/printing/thought-string-analyst-ymkm.md) — Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Through the Omenpaths (OM1) #74
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Alessandra Pisano
- **Total Printings:** 4 across all historical editions

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2025-09-19)* You must follow all normal timing rules when playing a land or casting a spell this way.
- *(2025-09-19)* If there are fewer than nine cards left in the opponent's library as the ability resolves, you look at all of the remaining cards.