---
name: "Psychic Pickpocket"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Octopus Rogue"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Connive"]
set: "SNC"
set_name: "Streets of New Capenna"
collector_number: "54"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Will Gist"
oracle_id: "60ead8a5-11fb-4eeb-99bf-0caaf1de1731"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/psychic-pickpocket-snc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Psychic Pickpocket
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Octopus Rogue
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2
- **Keywords:** Connive

## Oracle Text
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.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Psionic Snoop](/printing/psionic-snoop-snc.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
2. [Hypnotic Grifter](/printing/hypnotic-grifter-snc.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
3. [A-Psionic Snoop](/printing/a-psionic-snoop-snc.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
4. [Cephalid Looter](/printing/cephalid-looter-ody.md) — Creature — Octopus Rogue
5. [Copycrook](/printing/copycrook-mh3.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter Rogue
6. [Obscura Interceptor](/printing/obscura-interceptor-snc.md) — Creature — Octopus Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Streets of New Capenna (SNC) #54
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Will Gist
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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