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Magic · Prerelease Cards · #223 · Rare

Hostage Taker

Magic card price for Hostage Taker: $3.57 market, from $2.65 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$3.57
0.0% this week · −8.9% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days−8.9%
90 days−4.8%
1 year−12.9%
All time−35.0%

Sellers right now

$2.65lowest listing$29.41highest
Market price$3.57
Mid listing$3.81
Direct$4.11
30-day avg$3.75

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$3.57
Cardmarket$2.35 €2.09

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

One year

$3.2352-week low$4.1052-week high
In the range39%
All-time low$3.23
All-time high$6.08
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$2.23$2.91$3.60$4.28
$3.57
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Hostage Taker came out in October 2026; we leave the first weeks out of this story, because early prices are set before real supply exists. Listings currently start at $2.65; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $3.75.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$3.57$2.65$29.410.0%

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), Ixalan — Magic card price +6.9% 7d Hostage Taker Ixalan · #223 $1.09 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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