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Magic · Ixalan · #223 · Rare

Hostage Taker

Magic card price for Hostage Taker: $1.09 market, from $0.69 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 17, 2026
$1.09
+6.9% this week · +12.4% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days+6.9%
30 days+12.4%
90 days+13.5%
1 year−40.8%
All time−64.5%

Sellers right now

$0.69lowest listing$28.95highest
Market price$1.09
Mid listing$1.25
30-day avg$1.01

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

TCGplayer$1.09
Cardmarket$1.82 €1.62

EUR converted at 1.1253 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$0.4852-week low$2.0052-week high
In the range40%
All-time low$0.48
All-time high$4.21
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.02$1.55$3.08$4.61
$1.09
Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Our price record for Hostage Taker (Foil) begins in February 2024 at $3.07; the market price today is $1.09, down 64.5% since then. In the last year the price changed −40.8% and ranged from $0.48 to $2.00, and it now trades in the middle of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $4.21, still 286% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $0.69, and the 30-day average market price is $1.01.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$1.09$0.69$28.95+6.9%
Normal$0.34$0.13$20.00+6.3%

The card in play

Power / Toughness2 / 3
Type line
Creature — Human Pirate
Rules text

When Hostage Taker enters the battlefield, exile target artifact or creature 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.

Other printings of Hostage Taker

8 more · $0.20 – $3.80
All printings
Hostage Taker (Foil Etched) (505), Double Masters 2022 — Magic card price −0.3% 7d Hostage Taker (Foil Etched) Double Masters 2022 · #505 $3.80 Hostage Taker (223), Prerelease Cards — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Hostage Taker Prerelease Cards · #223 $3.57 Hostage Taker (227), Double Masters 2022 — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Hostage Taker Double Masters 2022 · #227 $0.50 Hostage Taker (Future Sight) (137), Mystery Booster 2 — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Hostage Taker (Future Sight) Mystery Booster 2 · #137 $0.45 Hostage Taker (268), Commander: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth — Magic card price +9.4% 7d Hostage Taker Commander: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth · #268 $0.35

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