Pirate Peddlers
Creature — Human Pirate
Deathtouch
Whenever you sacrifice another permanent, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #15718
Pirate Peddlers puts a Treasure token on the table every time it attacks, stapling mana acceleration onto a 2/2 body for three mana. The rate is unspectacular, but in any deck that cares about Treasure tokens or artifact count, it pulls double duty without asking much in return.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Pirate Peddlers is a Commander card — the Treasure synergy ecosystem there (Prosper, Tome-Bound; Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel; Magda, Brazen Outlaw) gives it real context that competitive 60-card formats ignore entirely. In Standard and Pioneer it's too slow and too low-impact to see serious play; decks that want Treasure generation have access to more efficient payoffs. Pauper is the one non-Commander format worth considering: the card is legal and the Treasure-on-attack trigger is repeatable value at common rarity, though it still sits on the fringe. Everywhere outside Commander, Pirate Peddlers is a bulk pickup that stays in the bulk bin.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Pirate Peddlers is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the card itself. Don't expect movement; Treasure token generators at this power level rarely price up unless a new commander breaks the archetype wide open.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.