Generous Plunderer
Creature — Human Rogue
Menace
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may create a Treasure token. When you do, target opponent creates a tapped Treasure token.
Whenever this creature attacks, it deals damage to defending player equal to the number of artifacts they control.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- The Big Score Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #2181
Generous Plunderer drops a Treasure onto each opponent's upkeep — free resources handed to the table — and the payoff is that your Stasis, group-slug, or political engines run on that goodwill while you convert the chaos into wins. The cost is real: you're actively accelerating opponents, so Generous Plunderer belongs in decks that punish treasure proliferation, not ones that simply want ramp. Vazi, Keen Negotiator is the cleanest home, turning every gifted Treasure into a growth trigger on your own board.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Vazi, Keen Negotiator
Vazi, Keen Negotiator triggers off Treasures given to opponents, so Generous Plunderer firing every upkeep means Vazi is stacking counters and drawing cards almost for free — the two cards form the core engine of the archetype.
Vihaan, Goldwaker
Vihaan, Goldwaker animates Treasures into attacking creatures, so the tokens Generous Plunderer generates across the table can be pointed back at opponents politically or leveraged before they're cracked.
Jolene, the Plunder Queen
Jolene, the Plunder Queen rewards any player making Treasures with a +1/+1 counter trigger, so Generous Plunderer's multiplayer upkeep drip fills Jolene's board faster than nearly any other single card.
Jaws, Relentless Predator
Jaws, Relentless Predator scales on artifacts entering the battlefield and punishes opponents for holding resources, making the steady Treasure output from Generous Plunderer both a personal fuel source and a political lever.
Knuckles the Echidna
Knuckles the Echidna cares about treasure creation and artifact counts, so Generous Plunderer spreading tokens across every upkeep accelerates both the counter engine and the combat payoffs Knuckles is built around.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Generous Plunderer is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its design is almost entirely Commander-native — symmetrical upkeep triggers that touch three or more opponents are irrelevant in one-on-one formats. In Legacy and Vintage it's simply outclassed; there are faster ways to make Treasures and no political dimension to exploit. Standard and Pioneer legality is real, but the effect is too slow and too opponent-dependent to compete in those proactive formats. Commander is where Generous Plunderer earns its slot, specifically in four-player pods where the card generates three triggers per rotation and the political economy of handing out Treasures actually means something.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data for Generous Plunderer isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or your preferred vendor for the live figure. Given its narrow but dedicated Commander audience — showing up in over 70% of Vazi, Keen Negotiator decks — it's worth picking up before a reprint discussion drives attention to it, but don't pay a significant premium over typical bulk rare pricing.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.