Outrageous Robbery is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Target opponent exiles the top X cards of their library face down. You may look at and play those cards for as long as they remain exiled. If you cast a spell this way, you may spend mana as though it were mana of any type to cast it.
Complete guide
Outrageous Robbery is a powerful black instant that lets you turn your opponent's deck against them. By paying X mana, you exile a chunk of their resources and gain the exclusive right to use them for the rest of the game.
How the Robbery Works
When you cast Outrageous Robbery, you choose a value for X and target an opponent. That player exiles the top X cards of their library face down. Unlike many other theft effects, you can look at these cards at any time, but your opponents cannot. Most importantly, you gain a persistent effect that allows you to play these cards as long as they remain in the exile zone, even if Outrageous Robbery is long gone from the stack.
Following the Rules of the Road
Playing cards with Outrageous Robbery still requires you to follow standard Magic rules. You must pay all costs for spells, and you must respect timing restrictions—you can only play a stolen land or sorcery during your main phase when the stack is empty. However, the card provides a huge benefit: you can spend mana as though it were mana of any type to cast these spells, ensuring you are never color-screwed by your opponent's deck.
Common Pitfalls
A common mistake is forgetting that playing a land from exile counts as your land play for the turn. If you have already played a land, you cannot play one from the exiled pile unless an effect allows an additional land play. Additionally, if you leave the game, these cards stay exiled face down forever, and no other player in the game is allowed to look at them or interact with them.
Interaction examples
Dark RitualIf you cast Dark Ritual to add three black mana, you can use that mana to increase the value of X. For example, spending five total mana (including the three from Dark Ritual) allows you to set X to 3, exiling three cards from your opponent's library instead of just one.
Vampiric TutorIf your opponent casts Vampiric Tutor and places a powerful card on top of their library, you can respond by casting Outrageous Robbery with X=1. You will exile the specific card they just searched for before they have a chance to draw it, effectively taking their best resource for yourself.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Outrageous Robbery
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
You pay all costs and follow all normal timing rules for cards played this way. For example, if one of the exiled cards is a land card, you may play it only during your main phase while the stack is empty.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If you leave the game, the exiled cards remain exiled face down indefinitely. No player may look at them.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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