First printed in Aetherdrift (2025)
Creature — Elemental Pirate
Whenever you discard one or more cards, this creature deals that much damage to each opponent.
Cycling 
(, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, it deals 1 damage to each opponent.
1/4
- Illustrated by
- Madeline Boni
Legality
- Legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, PreDH
Rulings (3)
- You can cycle a card even if it has a triggered ability from cycling that won’t have a legal target. This is because the cycling ability and the triggered ability are separate. This also means that if either ability is countered (with Disallow, for example), the other ability will still resolve.
- Some cards with cycling have an ability that triggers when you cycle them, and some cards have an ability that triggers whenever you cycle any card or discard any card. These triggered abilities resolve before you draw from the cycling ability.
- Triggered abilities from cycling a card and the cycling ability itself aren’t spells. Effects that interact with spells (such as that of Cancel) won’t affect them.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aetherdrift (DFT), Premier Draft | 50.2% | -4.7 | -1.9 | 31275 |
| Aetherdrift (DFT), Sealed | 50.6% | -6.5 | -3.4 | 1106 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen
Combos
15 combos, the most popular first:
- Near-infinite damage, Infinite self-discard triggers…: Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin + Magmakin Artillerist
- Near-infinite damage, Infinite self-discard triggers…: Curiosity + Magmakin Artillerist
- Near-infinite damage, Infinite self-discard triggers…: Magmakin Artillerist + Ophidian Eye
- Infinite draw triggers, Infinite rummaging…: Magmakin Artillerist + Tandem Lookout
- Infinite draw triggers, Infinite rummaging…: Magmakin Artillerist + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Quicksmith Genius
- Near-infinite damage, Infinite self-discard triggers…: Keen Sense + Magmakin Artillerist
- Near-infinite damage, Infinite self-discard triggers…: Magmakin Artillerist + Snake Umbra
- Infinite damage, Infinite self-discard triggers…: Magmakin Artillerist + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Tortured Existence
- Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB…: Clock of Omens + Collector's Vault + Magmakin Artillerist + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
- Near-infinite damage, Infinite self-discard triggers…: Benthic Biomancer + Cleric Class + Magmakin Artillerist
