Piracy
Sorcery
Until end of turn, you may tap lands you don't control for mana. Spend this mana only to cast spells.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Portal Second Age
- Price
- $73.13
- EDHREC rank
- #20624
Piracy hands you all of your opponents' mana for a turn — every land they control taps for any color, and you get to use it. At five mana for a one-shot effect with no permanent board presence, the ceiling is enormous and the floor is a dead card if you can't immediately convert the stolen mana into something game-ending.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Piracy is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and Commander is the only format where it's even worth discussing. In a four-player game, you're potentially untapping with access to twelve or more additional lands for a single turn, which is the kind of resource spike that ends games on the spot. Legacy and Vintage have faster, more consistent ways to generate absurd mana — nobody is casting Piracy in a sanctioned Legacy event. Oathbreaker is legal but the smaller player counts shrink the payoff significantly. This is a Commander card, full stop.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
There's no direct budget replacement for Piracy — nothing else gives you your opponents' actual lands for a turn at any price. Bribery and Treachery poach permanents rather than mana, while Cabal Coffers effects or Turnabout generate large mana without the theft angle; none of them replicate what Piracy does. If the goal is a one-turn mana explosion rather than the flavor of stealing, Jeska's Will or Mana Geyser come within shouting distance for under a dollar and will outperform Piracy in most Commander pods.
Price Context
Current price
$73.13 premium tier
At $73.13, Piracy sits firmly in premium territory for a card that sees almost no competitive play and is a casual novelty in Commander. The price reflects scarcity from an old, low-print-run set rather than demand, and without a reprint it tends to hold — but that's a lot of money for a win-more card that requires a specific board state to pay off.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.