Corsair Captain
Corsair Captain: Creature - Human Pirate, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander. When this creature enters, create a Treasure token. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Human Pirate
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 2/2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC)
- Released
- 2023-11-17
- Collector number
- 149
- Artist
- Victor Adame Minguez
- Commander rank
- 5,125 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Treasure
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About Corsair Captain
Corsair Captain is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue creature from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC), a Commander product released in November 2023. It is collector number 149 in that set, with art by Victor Adame Minguez. It costs {2}{U} (two generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Jumpstart (2020) to Foundations (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.32 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
When this creature enters, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Other Pirates you control get +1/+1.
"Lungs full of sea air and a hold full of loot. Ah, what a life!"
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.32 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Corsair Captain by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Corsair Captain
Corsair Captain has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Foundations (FDN) #506 | Rare | 2024 |
| Jumpstart (JMP) #11 | Rare | 2020 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Corsair Captain.
- Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to Pirates you control may become lethal if Corsair Captain leaves the battlefield during that turn.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Corsair Captain is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.