Fathom Fleet Boarder
Creature — Orc Pirate
When this creature enters, you lose 2 life unless you control another Pirate.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Rivals of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #27500
Fathom Fleet Boarder enters, drains each opponent for 1, and gains you life equal to the number of opponents hit — in a four-player pod that's a 3-point life swing the moment it lands. The cost is a three-mana 2/2 with no other text, which is a bad rate anywhere the drain isn't the entire point.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Fathom Fleet Boarder earns its slot exclusively in aristocrats and Pirate tribal shells that want repeated drain triggers — the enter-the-battlefield effect scales cleanly to three opponents and stacks with similar payoffs. Outside Commander, the card is unplayable in competitive formats: Pauper has access to far more efficient drain options, and Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage simply have no shell that wants a vanilla 2/2 whose only upside is a one-shot life swing. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's logic at two players, which cuts the drain in half and makes even the tribal synergy case thin.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Fathom Fleet Boarder is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a commons box rather than buy. It won't appreciate; it's a role-player at best in casual Commander, and bulk rare boxes are full of stronger alternatives at the same price.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.