Magic · Commander: Outlaws of Thunder Junction · #231 · Rare
Hostage Taker
Magic card price for Hostage Taker: $0.34 market, from $0.12 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Apr 15, 2024 below.
Sellers right now
Market price is what a near-mint copy actually sold for. The cheapest listing is what a seller asks today — on thin markets the two differ a lot.
Where to buy
EUR converted at 1.1253 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.
One year
Price story
Hostage Taker was released in April 2024. Launch-week prices are left out here: before supply arrives they are mostly guesses. Across the past year it went +113%, with a low of $0.16 and a high of $0.39; today it sits in the middle of that range. The cheapest listing right now is $0.12, and the 30-day average market price is $0.32.
Printings
The card in play
- Type line
- Creature — Human Pirate
When Hostage Taker enters the battlefield, exile target creature or artifact until Hostage Taker leaves the battlefield. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any type to cast that spell.
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