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◇ Catalog #79

Rogue Skycaptain

all·#79·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Randy Asplund-Faith

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wishlisted

Jun 1996

30 yr ago

Value

$1.52+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.54 · low $0.49

NM$0.52

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.48–$0.55modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.69low $0.51range 35.3%n 48

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #26,697 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.52

Gameplay

Creature — Human Rogue Mercenary

Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, put a wage counter on this creature. You may pay {2} for each wage counter on it. If you don't, remove all wage counters from this creature and an opponent gains control of it.

3/4

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2008-10-01wotc

If you can’t pay the entire payment, none of it is paid.

2008-10-01wotc

No choices are made when this ability triggers. After the wage counter is put on Rogue Skycaptain, then you choose whether to pay mana and, if you don’t, which opponent gains control of it.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.52. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.51 and $0.69 across 48 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from ALL — 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 #79 of *Alliances*, the set that shipped alongside the June 1996 Alliances release.

Card type: Creature — Human Rogue Mercenary, color identity red, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {2}{R} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: Flying.

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander. This printing is on Wizards of the Coast's Reserved List — Wizards has committed never to reprint cards on that list, which underwrites a structural scarcity floor on every surviving copy.

EDHrec ranks this card #26,697 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Randy Asplund-Faith. Rarix catalogs 87 other cards credited to this artist.