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Magic · Commander: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth · #268 · Rare
Hostage Taker
Magic card price for Hostage Taker: $0.35 market, from $0.09 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 19, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 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
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One year
Price story
Our price record for Hostage Taker begins in February 2024 at $0.08; the market price today is $0.35, up 338% since then. In the last year the price changed +133% and ranged from $0.12 to $0.38, and it now trades near the top of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $0.38, still 8.6% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $0.09, and the 30-day average market price is $0.36.
Printings
The card in play
- Type line
- Creature — Human Pirate
When Hostage Taker enters the battlefield, exile another target creature or artifact until Hostage Taker leaves the battlefield. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast it.
Umbar was a refuge for all the enemies of Gondor—a threat to its coastlands and to all traffic on the sea.
Other printings of Hostage Taker
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