Card text
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.
Hostage Taker
Creature — Human Pirate
Commander: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTC) · 268
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Mana cost
{2}{U}{B}
Power / toughness
2/3
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Card text
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.
Format legality
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- AlchemyNot legal
About Hostage Taker
Hostage Taker (268) is a Blue and Black Creature — Human Pirate from Commander: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTC). It costs {2}{U}{B}, has mana value 4 and is a 2/3. It is printed at Rare rarity. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy and Vintage and 5 more formats.
Commander: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth is a Commander product, released June 2023. Hostage Taker has 7 other cards in the database, listed further down the page.
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.
Card details
- Card number
- 268
- Set
- Commander: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTC)
- Set type
- Commander
- Released
- 23 June 2023
- Rarity
- Rare (R)
- Printing
- Standard
- Type line
- Creature — Human Pirate
- Colour
- Blue / Black
- Colour identity
- Blue / Black
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}{B}
- Power / toughness
- 2/3
- Finish
- Non-foil
TCGplayer listing: Hostage Taker
Hostage Taker in other sets
Every other printing with this name, one per set.
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