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.
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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 (223) is a Blue and Black Creature — Human Pirate from Ixalan (XLN). 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.
Ixalan is a main expansion, released September 2017. 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
- 223
- Set
- Ixalan (XLN)
- Set type
- Expansion
- Released
- 29 September 2017
- 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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