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Hostage Taker

First printed in Ixalan (2017)

All 10 prints

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  • Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #137, 2024
  • Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC) #231, 2024
  • The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC) #271, 2023
  • Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #268, 2023
  • Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #227, 2022
  • Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #505, 2022
  • Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) #186, 2021
  • Magic Online Promos (PRM) #69987, 2018 (digital)
  • Ixalan Promos (PXLN) #223s, 2017
  • Ixalan (XLN) #223, 2017

Hostage Taker

Creature — Human Pirate

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.

Legality

Legal in
Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Not legal in
Standard, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Standard Brawl

MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).

Combos

48 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.

See all 48 on Commander Spellbook

Commander In 3 of 6150 decks (0.0%), most in Gyruda, Doom of Depths
Share of decks
0.0%
= vs previous 30 days
2026-08-20: 0.0% 2026-08-27: 0.1% 2026-09-03: 0.1% 2026-09-10: 0.0% 2026-09-17: 0.1% 2026-09-24: 0.0% 2026-10-01: 0.1% 2026-10-08: 0.1% 2026-10-15: 0.0% 2026-10-22: 0.1%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
3
3 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
–
0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Gyruda, Doom of Depths 0.2% 10%
Francisco, Fowl Marauder + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator 0.1% 20%
Sefris of the Hidden Ways 0.0% 100%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Watery Grave100%5.4
Marsh Flats100%2.0
Flooded Strand100%1.4
Polluted Delta100%1.4
Command Tower100%1.2
Sol Ring100%1.0

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Gyruda, Doom of Depths
Stephen D Rosato, 		1 main #12
1-2
Francisco, Fowl Marauder + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
ruchi99, 		1 main #19
0-2
Sefris of the Hidden Ways
Leif Hogue, 		1 main #15
0-4

No recent decks in: Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Duel Commander.