Skyship Buccaneer
Creature — Human Pirate
Flying
Raid — When this creature enters, if you attacked this turn, draw a card.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Foundations
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #21845
Skyship Buccaneer is a 2/1 flyer for two mana with a triggered ability that deals 1 damage to any target whenever it attacks — a respectable body for the cost in formats where evasion matters. In Commander it rarely makes the cut; the damage ceiling is too low to close games and the stat line folds to any blocker.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Skyship Buccaneer is legal in every major constructed format but sees essentially no play in any of them. In Commander, a 2/1 flyer that pings for 1 on attacks can't keep pace with the life totals and board states at a 40-life multiplayer table — it's outclassed before turn three. Constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer have long since moved past two-mana creatures that don't generate immediate card advantage or threaten a lethal clock on their own. Standard is the only realistic home, and only in aggressive decks desperate for evasive two-drops, where even then faster options usually exist.
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Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Skyship Buccaneer is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills out a collection binder rather than a competitive deck. There's no demand driver that would push this price upward, so expect it to stay at the floor indefinitely.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.