Swaggering Corsair
Creature — Human Pirate
Raid — This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it if you attacked this turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Jumpstart 2022
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #25897
Swaggering Corsair enters as a 2/2 with menace and pumps itself whenever you cast a spell from somewhere other than your hand — a free buff that scales with every impulse draw or graveyard recursion effect you fire off. The floor is a vanilla two-drop; the ceiling is a threat that grows every time your engine runs.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Swaggering Corsair belongs in decks that consistently cast from exile or the graveyard — Prosper, Tome-Bound and similar impulse-draw engines turn it into a recurring threat for two mana. Pauper is where it has the most competitive plausibility, slotting into Izzet or Dimir tempo shells that care about card advantage and evasion. In Modern and Pioneer the bar is too high: two mana for a 2/2 with conditional upside doesn't compete with what those formats can present on turn two. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Swaggering Corsair is pure bulk — buy a playset without thinking about it. Bulk rares with niche Commander applications rarely spike, so don't expect the price to move unless a high-profile impulse-draw commander pushes it into wider circulation.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.