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◇ Catalog #254

Orcish Captain

5ed·#254·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Charles Gillespie

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Mar 1997

29 yr ago

Value

$0.33+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.34 · low $0.31

NM$0.33

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.30–$0.35modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.34low $0.26range 30.8%n 43

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #21,677 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.33

Gameplay

Creature — Orc Warrior

{1}: Flip a coin. If you win the flip, target Orc creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn. If you lose the flip, it gets -0/-2 until end of turn.

There's a chance to win every battle.

1/1

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2008-10-01wotc

You choose the target when you activate the ability. You don’t flip a coin until the ability resolves.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.33. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.26 and $0.34 across 43 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from 5ED — 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 #254 of *Fifth Edition*, the set that shipped alongside the March 1997 Fifth Edition release.

Card type: Creature — Orc Warrior, color identity red, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {R} (1 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #21,677 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Charles Gillespie. Rarix catalogs 31 other cards credited to this artist.