Present Thief is a collectible Trap card that can be acquired from the Acceleration Pack.
Effect[ | ]
Upon use, this Trap card is set on the player's current panel. It can be triggered twice before vanishing from the board. The first time it is triggered, the hand of the affected unit is taken by the Trap. The second time it is triggered, the affected unit receives the stolen cards.
Strategy[ | ]
Present Thief is a trickier to use alternative to . While Tragedy is much safer to use and does not require two activations to function, it only steals one cards as opposed to the entire hand like Present Thief. Present Thief can be placed on the player's own 
Home panel in order to protect it from players that would try to place Traps there, or would try to steal the supposed 
Piggy Bank set there. The player can then return to their Home and collect the cards. is a great user of Present Thief, as she can both use it for its intended purpose, or trigger it herself to easily obtain 
Red & Blue. If the player is extremely lucky, they may even be able to obtain multiple copies of Red & Blue by storing one in the Trap, then circling back around the board to collect it. can also take advantage if this Trap's hand-emptying effects to clear his hand of unwanted cards if three 
Flamethrowers are not enough.
Due to it's unpredictable nature as a Trap card, Present Thief can be tough to pull off correctly. It can be difficult to get the right opponent to land on it at the right time. If a player with no cards in their hand triggers Present Thief, it is effectively wasted. Alternatively, If the player manages to get their hand stolen by Present Thief, they risk giving their entire hand to an opponent. It faces competition for deck slots with , as this card can never harm the player if they are the one to set it and give the player its card immediately.
Update History[ | ]
V3.16
- Updated description.
- Old description: "Steals all the cards from the first player to step on the trap. Gives all the stolen cards to the second player to step on the trap."
- New description: "The first unit to activate this trap loses all their cards. If any cards were lost, the trap stays on board and the lost cards are given to the next player to trigger the trap."