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Pirate's Pillage

Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Rivals of Ixalan
Price
$0.79
EDHREC rank
#1700
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Pirate's Pillage card art
Pirate's Pillage draws two cards and produces two Treasure tokens for four mana — the kind of card that replaces itself and then some, at the cost of discarding a card first. In spell-slinger shells where every instant and sorcery is a resource, that discard is often a feature: Mizzix of the Izmagnus wants spells in the graveyard as much as hand, and The Emperor of Palamecia can recur whatever you pitch.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

The Emperor of Palamecia

58.7% of decks · synergy 0.52

The Emperor of Palamecia runs Pirate's Pillage as both refueling and enabler — the Treasures accelerate into big spells while the discard feeds the graveyard he wants to replay from. At nearly 59% inclusion across Emperor decks, this is a staple, not a consideration.

02

Ashling, Rekindled

56.5% of decks · synergy 0.50

Ashling, Rekindled triggers off instants and sorceries entering the graveyard, so Pirate's Pillage does double duty: the cast itself is an event, and the discarded card deepens the yard for Ashling's recursive engine.

03
Magar of the Magic Strings

Magar of the Magic Strings

40.9% of decks · synergy 0.38

Magar of the Magic Strings can imprint an instant or sorcery onto a creature token, and Pirate's Pillage is a clean choice — four mana buys you two Treasures, two cards, and a spell in the yard ready to be copied for two generic.

04
Vadrik, Astral Archmage

Vadrik, Astral Archmage

44.3% of decks · synergy 0.38

Vadrik, Astral Archmage discounts instants and sorceries based on his power, which means a late-game Pirate's Pillage can cost one or two mana while still generating two Treasures — turning a card-draw spell into near-free acceleration.

05
Galazeth Prismari

Galazeth Prismari

43.4% of decks · synergy 0.37

Galazeth Prismari lets artifacts tap for mana, so the two Treasures from Pirate's Pillage immediately become future mana sources, creating a feedback loop where each spell cast funds the next.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Pirate's Pillage actually lives — four mana for two cards and two Treasures is below rate for 60-card formats but fits neatly into the slower, resource-hungry pacing of 100-card games. In Pauper it's legal but competes with Unexpected Windfall, which is the same card at instant speed and tends to win that slot. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer all move too fast for a sorcery-speed four-drop that requires a discard, so Pirate's Pillage won't see those tables. Stick to Commander and Pauper cubes where the mana cost is survivable and the Treasure production compounds.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.79 bulk tier

At $0.79, Pirate's Pillage is bulk — easy to pick up in any binder or as a throw-in. Bulk rares with this level of Commander adoption tend to stay in this range indefinitely, so there's no urgency to buy in quantity.

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