Hostage Taker

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

Other languages

The same printing (Ixalan #223) in 10 other languages.

• Deutsch · Geiselnehmerin
• Español · Secuestradora
• Français · Preneuse d'otage
• Italiano · Sequestratrice di Ostaggi
• 日本語 · 人質取り
• 한국어 · 인질범
• Português · Tomadora de Reféns
• Русский · Захватчица Заложников
• 简体中文 · 人质挟匪
• 繁體中文 · 人質挾匪

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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}3 copies · 61 cards
• AFC Missing {B}{G}{R}{U}{W}1 copy · 331 cards
• A New Power Rises {B}{R}{U}1 copy · 100 cards
• z - EDH - LTC - Sauron - Precon {B}{R}{U}1 copy · 100 cards
• z - EDH - LTC - Sauron - Upgraded {B}{R}{U}1 copy · 100 cards

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