
Hostage Taker
{2}
Creature — Human Pirate
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Reference price
- Nonfoil
- $0.35
- Foil
- $1.09
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- Nonfoil
- Up 3% in 17 days
- Foil
- No change in 17 days
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Printing details
- Set
- Ixalan
- Released
- September 29, 2017
- Language
- en
- Collector no.
- #223
- Rarity
- rare
Card text
Oracle text — the current official rules text for this card.
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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Beginner guide
Card text above uses Oracle text, the current official rules text for this card.
This costs two mana of any type and one blue mana and one black mana.
- Mana
- Mana is the resource you spend to cast spells and activate abilities.
- Generic mana
- A numbered mana cost can be paid with mana of any type.
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Double Masters 20222x2 #227$0.40Nonfoil
Double Masters 20222x2 #505$3.85Etched
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Ixalan Promospxln #223s$3.28Foil
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