---
name: "Psychic Theft"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "PCY"
set_name: "Prophecy"
collector_number: "40"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Don Hazeltine"
oracle_id: "66953dfd-d908-41d3-abb4-309c6a165dc3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/psychic-theft-pcy"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Psychic Theft
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Target player reveals their hand. You choose an instant or sorcery card from it and exile that card. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled. At the beginning of the next end step, if you haven't cast the card, return it to its owner's hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Psychic Intrusion](/printing/psychic-intrusion-ths.md) — Sorcery
2. [Memory Theft](/printing/memory-theft-eld.md) — Sorcery
3. [Perish the Thought](/printing/perish-the-thought-roe.md) — Sorcery
4. [Stolen Goods](/printing/stolen-goods-otc.md) — Sorcery
5. [Pilfer](/printing/pilfer-dmu.md) — Sorcery
6. [Thoughtseize](/printing/thoughtseize-otp.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Prophecy (PCY) #40
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Don Hazeltine
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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