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Captain's Hook

Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature gets +2/+0, has menace, and is a Pirate in addition to its other creature types.
Whenever this Equipment becomes unattached from a permanent, destroy that permanent.
Equip {1}

CMC
3
Mana cost
{3}
Color identity
C
Rarity
rare
Set
Rivals of Ixalan Promos
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#16072
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Captain's Hook card art
Captain's Hook hands any creature +2/+0, menace, and the Pirate type for three mana to cast and one to equip — that last line is the point, since it turns every creature in your deck into fodder for Pirate synergies the moment the Hook lands. In Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator pairings, converting non-Pirates into Pirates mid-combat is the entire reason to run it.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Breeches, Brazen PlundererMalcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

Breeches, Brazen Plunderer // Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

19.3% of decks · synergy 0.19

Captain's Hook solves Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator's core problem: creatures that don't trigger his Pirate clause become Treasuries waiting to happen the instant you equip for one mana, and the menace grant means those newly-minted Pirates are harder to chump on the way through.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Captain's Hook is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive constructed formats have no interest in a three-mana Equipment that doesn't generate immediate card or mana advantage. Commander is where it actually lives — specifically tribal Pirate builds where the type-granting clause does real work rather than sitting as a footnote. Outside of Pirate synergy shells, it's a mediocre Equipment that loses to Swiftfoot Boots, Hammer of Nazahn, and a dozen other options on raw stats alone. Run it because you need more Pirates, not because you need a pump effect.

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Price Context

Current price

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Pricing data isn't currently available for Captain's Hook, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market rate before buying. Given its narrow tribal application, it has historically sat at bulk-rare pricing — worth confirming before you pay a premium.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.