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Plundering Pirate

Creature — Orc Pirate

When this creature enters, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
common
Set
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
Price
$0.22
EDHREC rank
#13867
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Plundering Pirate card art
Plundering Pirate enters and produces a Treasure, which pays back a chunk of its four-mana cost immediately. The payoff is real when you pair it with Deadeye Navigator — repeated flickers turn that ETB into an engine — but as a standalone it's a slightly overcosted 2/2 that draws a shrug.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Plundering Pirate earns its slot specifically in Pirate-tribal or flicker decks — outside those contexts, a four-mana 2/2 with a one-shot Treasure is too slow to pull weight. In Pauper it's legal but ignored; common Treasure producers with better rate exist and the creature type rarely matters there. Constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer have moved well past this power level, and you won't find it in competitive Legacy lists for the same reason. The card's entire competitive identity lives in Commander ETB loops.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.22 bulk tier

At $0.22, Plundering Pirate is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a tribal piece that doubles as marginal ramp. That price floor is stable; it won't climb without a pushed Pirate commander printing that sends the archetype into high demand.

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