Marauding Looter
Creature — Human Pirate
Raid — At the beginning of your end step, if you attacked this turn, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ixalan
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #20549
Marauding Looter gives you a repeatable loot trigger every combat — draw a card, discard a card — as long as you attacked with two or more creatures that turn, which is exactly the kind of effortless filtering that graveyard and Raid-synergy decks want. The cost is a four-mana 4/3 with no evasion, so if your deck isn't already generating wide attacks, this is a vanilla body with extra steps.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Marauding Looter slots into go-wide, graveyard, and Raid-synergy shells where attacking with multiple creatures is already the game plan — it turns that baseline aggression into card velocity without spending extra mana. Outside Commander, the card is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Modern, and Pioneer, but none of those formats have a competitive home for it; a four-mana creature that needs two attackers to filter once is far too slow against the interactive density of those formats. Stick to Commander, and specifically to decks that are already committing to combat.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Marauding Looter is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. That price is stable and will stay there; there's no pressure to buy in early or trade for copies.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.