Daring Saboteur

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Daring Saboteur: Creature - Human Pirate, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander. 2U: This creature can't be blocked this turn. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{U}
Mana value
2
Type
Creature - Human Pirate
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
2/1
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC)
Released
2023-11-17
Collector number
151
Artist
Victor Adame Minguez
Commander rank
10,884 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Daring Saboteur

Daring Saboteur is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue creature from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC), a Commander product released in November 2023. It is collector number 151 in that set, with art by Victor Adame Minguez. It costs {1}{U} (one generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 2/1 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Ixalan (2017) to The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.22 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

{2}{U}: This creature can't be blocked this turn.

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

"They'll never see me coming."

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.22 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Daring Saboteur by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Daring Saboteur

Daring Saboteur has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #NCC-217Uncommon2024
New Capenna Commander (NCC) #217Uncommon2022
Commander Legends (CMR) #64Uncommon2020
Ixalan Promos (PXLN) #49sRare2017
Ixalan (XLN) #49Rare2017

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Daring Saboteur.

  • Activating the first ability of Daring Saboteur after it has become blocked won't cause it to become unblocked.

Similar cards

Other creature cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.

In these precons

Daring Saboteur is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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