Hostage Taker
Ixalan · #223 · rare · EN
Mana cost: {2}{U}{B}
Type: Creature — Human Pirate
Commonly played as: Removal
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.
Artist: Wayne Reynolds
Released: 2017-09-29
Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil
Market price
- TCGplayer: $0.35
- TCGplayer foil: $1.09
- Cardmarket: €0.30
- Cardmarket foil: €1.54
- MTGO tix: 0.02
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.
Other languages
The same printing (Ixalan #223) in 10 other languages.
Store prices
The 3 cheapest per condition and finish, in stock at the last check. Offers not re-confirmed within 60 days are not shown. Prices in different currencies are compared at the current exchange rate.
| Store | Condition | Finish | Price | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CardTrader | NM | regular | €0.11 | yesterday |
| ManaPool | SP | regular | $0.15 | today |
| ManaPool | NM | regular | $0.17 | today |
| ManaPool | MP | regular | $0.21 | today |
| Everything Games | DM | regular | CA$0.30 | 8 days ago |
| CardTrader | SP | regular | €0.27 | yesterday |
| Cardmarket | NM | regular | €0.28 | today |
| House Of Cards | SP | regular | CA$0.45 | 6 days ago |
| CardTrader | MP | regular | €0.29 | yesterday |
| CardTrader | DM | regular | €0.34 | yesterday |
| ManaPool | HP | regular | $0.39 | today |
| ManaPool | DM | regular | $0.40 | today |
| TopDeck Hero | MP | regular | CA$0.60 | 4 days ago |
| CardTrader | HP | regular | €0.39 | yesterday |
| ManaPool | DM | foil | $0.59 | today |
| ManaPool | SP | foil | $0.78 | today |
| ManaPool | MP | foil | $0.83 | today |
| First Player | SP | foil | CA$1.38 | 2 days ago |
| First Player | NM | foil | CA$1.53 | 2 days ago |
| ManaPool | NM | foil | $1.10 | today |
| CardTrader | SP | foil | €1.21 | yesterday |
| 401 Games | NM | foil | CA$2.00 | today |
| First Player | SP | regular | CA$0.45 | 2 days ago |
| House Of Cards | NM | regular | CA$0.50 | 6 days ago |
| The Comic Hunter | NM | regular | CA$0.58 | 2 days ago |
| Le Coin Du Jeu | NM | regular | CA$0.60 | 2 days ago |
| Face To Face Games | SP | regular | CA$0.60 | today |
| The Mystic Store | SP | regular | CA$0.64 | 3 days ago |
| TopDeck Hero | SP | regular | CA$0.68 | 4 days ago |
| Taverne du Collectionneur | NM | regular | CA$0.69 | 3 days ago |
| Atlas Collectables | NM | regular | CA$0.69 | today |
| Card Kingdom | NM | regular | $0.49 | 3 days ago |
| GameKeeper | NM | regular | CA$0.75 | 3 days ago |
| TopDeck Hero | NM | regular | CA$0.75 | 4 days ago |
| Face To Face Games | NM | regular | CA$0.75 | today |
| 401 Games | NM | regular | CA$0.75 | today |
| Mana Market | NM | regular | 1.00 AUD | 3 days ago |
| Recycled Entertainment | SP | regular | $0.71 | today |
| Hydra Collect | NM | regular | 13.99 MXN | 4 days ago |
| The Games Cube | NM | regular | 1.20 AUD | 3 days ago |
| Le Valet De Coeur | NM | regular | CA$1.25 | yesterday |
| Le Coin Du Jeu | SP | regular | CA$1.60 | 2 days ago |
| Face To Face Games | SP | foil | CA$2.39 | today |
| Cardmarket | NM | foil | €1.54 | today |
| TopDeck Hero | NM | foil | CA$2.49 | 4 days ago |
| CardTrader | NM | foil | €1.75 | yesterday |
| GameKeeper | NM | foil | CA$2.99 | 3 days ago |
| Face To Face Games | NM | foil | CA$2.99 | today |
| The Games Cube | NM | foil | 3.45 AUD | 3 days ago |
| Bazaar of Magic | NM | foil | €2.20 | 2 days ago |
No offer matches these choices.
Truncated: 28 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 50 in total.
Format legality
- standard: not legal
- pioneer: legal
- modern: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- commander: legal
- pauper: not legal
- brawl: legal
In Gestic collections
- Held in 16 lists
- Played in 1 deck
- 24 copies tracked
Decks that play this card
- Pirates {B}{R}{U}
- AFC Missing {B}{G}{R}{U}{W}
- A New Power Rises {B}{R}{U}
- z - EDH - LTC - Sauron - Precon {B}{R}{U}
- z - EDH - LTC - Sauron - Upgraded {B}{R}{U}
All printings of Hostage Taker
USD · low $0.20 · high $3.83
| Set | # | Rarity | USD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mystery Booster 2 | 137 | rare | $0.40 |
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander | 231 | rare | $0.36 |
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander | 271 | rare | $0.33 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander | 268 | rare | $0.34 |
| Double Masters 2022 | 227 | rare | $0.41 |
| Double Masters 2022 | 505 | rare | $3.83 etched |
| Forgotten Realms Commander | 186 | rare | $0.20 |
| Magic Online Promos | 69987 | rare | — |
| Ixalan | 223 | rare | $0.35 |
| Ixalan Promos | 223s | rare | $3.28 foil |