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◇ Catalog #137

Hostage Taker

mb2·#137·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Wayne Reynolds

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Aug '24

2 yr ago

Value

$1.55+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.57 · low $0.52

NM$0.55

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.51–$0.58modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.88low $0.49range 79.6%n 54

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #1,788 · Common include

Variants

Nonfoil$0.55

Gameplay

Creature — Human Pirate

When this creature enters, exile another target creature or artifact until this creature leaves the battlefield. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell.

2/3

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 8

2017-09-29wotc

In a multiplayer game, if a player leaves the game, all cards that player owns leave as well. If you leave the game, any spell or permanent cards you control from Hostage Taker's ability are exiled.

2017-09-29wotc

In a multiplayer game, if Hostage Taker's owner leaves the game while the card is still exiled and another player owns that card, the exiled card will return to the battlefield under its owner's control. Because the one-shot effect that returns the card isn't an ability that goes on the stack, it won't cease to exist along with the leaving player's spells and abilities on the stack.

2017-09-29wotc

If it's still in exile, the exiled card returns to the battlefield immediately after Hostage Taker leaves the battlefield. Nothing happens between the two events, including state-based actions.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.55. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.49 and $0.88 across 54 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from MB2 — 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 #137 of *Mystery Booster 2*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2024 Mystery Booster 2 release.

Card type: Creature — Human Pirate, color identity black/blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {2}{U}{B} (4 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #1,788 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Wayne Reynolds. Rarix catalogs 804 other cards credited to this artist.