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◇ Catalog #427

Captain Ripley Vance

DIGITAL ONLY

j21·#427·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Mathias Kollros

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Aug '21

5 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #15,813 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Legendary Creature — Human Pirate

Whenever you cast your third spell each turn, put a +1/+1 counter on Captain Ripley Vance, then it deals damage equal to its power to any target.

3/2

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2021-06-18wotc

Believe it or not, Ripley counts spells that were cast even if they didn't resolve. This means it still counts spells that were countered.

2021-06-18wotc

Copying a spell is not the same as casting a spell.

2021-06-18wotc

Captain Ripley Vance need not be on the battlefield to witness the first two spells being cast. As long as it's already on the battlefield when you cast the third spell of a turn, its ability triggers.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from J21 — 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 #427 of *Jumpstart: Historic Horizons*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2021 Jumpstart: Historic Horizons release.

Card type: Legendary Creature — Human Pirate, color identity red, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {2}{R} (3 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #15,813 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Mathias Kollros. Rarix catalogs 584 other cards credited to this artist.