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Gemcutter Buccaneer

Creature — Orc Pirate Artificer

Whenever this creature or another Pirate you control enters, create a tapped Treasure token.
Treasures you control are Equipment in addition to their other types and have "Equipped creature gets +2/+0," equip Pirate {1}, and equip {3}.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
rare
Set
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander
Price
$0.28
EDHREC rank
#5321
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Gemcutter Buccaneer card art
Gemcutter Buccaneer hits every opponent for 1 damage whenever a Pirate you control connects with the player it attacked — stack a board of Barret, Avalanche Leader tokens and similar attackers and the chip damage accumulates fast. Admiral Brass, Unsinkable decks run it as a near-automatic inclusion because the trigger scales directly with how many Pirates are swinging, which is exactly what those decks are built to maximize.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Admiral Brass, Unsinkable

Admiral Brass, Unsinkable

83.5% of decks · synergy 0.79

Admiral Brass, Unsinkable reanimates fallen Pirates to keep the board wide, and Gemcutter Buccaneer converts every successful attack trigger across that wide board into a damage ping — 83% inclusion rate is no accident.

02
Edward Kenway

Edward Kenway

51.7% of decks · synergy 0.47

Edward Kenway rewards running a dense Pirate package, and Gemcutter Buccaneer layers passive damage on top of the combat-step value Edward is already generating, making every sideways Pirate do double duty.

03
Admiral Beckett Brass

Admiral Beckett Brass

48.0% of decks · synergy 0.44

Admiral Beckett Brass demands three Pirates hit three different opponents each turn, and Gemcutter Buccaneer turns each of those three successful hits into a free ping — the trigger aligns almost perfectly with what the deck is already trying to do.

04
Breeches, Brazen PlundererMalcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

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

41.7% of decks · synergy 0.40

Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator generates Treasure whenever a Pirate connects, and Gemcutter Buccaneer stacks a damage trigger on top of those same combat successes, meaning the partnership gets two distinct rewards for the same attack.

05
Don Andres, the Renegade

Don Andres, the Renegade

31.5% of decks · synergy 0.27

Don Andres, the Renegade cares about opponents losing life and cards, and Gemcutter Buccaneer reliably feeds the life-loss side of that equation every time the Pirate army connects.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is the clear home for Gemcutter Buccaneer — the multiplayer table means three opponents are taking pings simultaneously, and Pirate tribal density in that format is high enough to make the trigger consistent. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant; Pirate tribal has no competitive presence in either format, and a 1/1 for two mana with no immediate impact isn't competing for those slots. Oathbreaker is the one other format worth a mention: if a Pirate-themed Oathbreaker shell exists in your group, Gemcutter Buccaneer pulls its weight there for the same reason it does in Commander.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.28 bulk tier

At $0.28, Gemcutter Buccaneer sits firmly in bulk territory — you're not paying a premium for the effect, and there's no meaningful price risk to picking up copies. Given its 83% inclusion rate in Admiral Brass, Unsinkable decks, it's one of the few bulk cards that actually earns its slot on merit rather than budget compromise.

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