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◇ Concept · 13 printings

Hostage Taker

Creature — Human Pirate

printings

#1804

EDHREC rank

#1465

penny rank

Std

normal

—

in vault

—

for trade

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wishlisted

Value

$3.8190d high · 13 printings

90-dayhigh $3.81low $0.02range 18950.0%n 539

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

PreDHnot legal

futurenot legal

legacylegal

modernlegal

paupernot legal

alchemynot legal

pioneerlegal

vintagelegal

historiclegal

standardnot legal

Timelesslegal

commanderlegal

Gladiatorlegal

Old Schoolnot legal

Premodernnot legal

Oathbreakerlegal

Standard Brawlnot legal

Pauper Commandernot legal

Context

Across the 13 printings of this card, the trailing-90-day price band runs from $0.02 to $3.81 across 539 observations.

Rarix catalogs 13 distinct printings of this card concept, spanning every set the card has appeared in. The Printings grid below lists each one with its own variant treatment, price, and collector signal.

Card type: Creature — Human Pirate. Color identity: black/blue. Mana cost: {2}{U}{B} (4 converted).

Legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Brawl, and Historic.

EDHrec ranks this card concept #1,804 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

The representative printing on this page is illustrated by Wayne Reynolds.