You can't activate Tavern Swindler's ability if your life total is less than 3. You can activate it if your life total is exactly 3, but it's probably a bad idea. You'll lose the game before the ability resolves.
Tavern Swindler
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.10. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.05 and $0.20 across 46 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from DDM — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
Card #45 of *Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska*, the set that shipped alongside the March 2014 Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska release.
Card type: Creature — Human Rogue, color identity black, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {1}{B} (2 converted).
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #11,874 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Cynthia Sheppard. Rarix catalogs 283 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Cynthia Sheppard
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