Departed Deckhand

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Departed Deckhand: Creature - Spirit Pirate, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{U}
Mana value
2
Type
Creature - Spirit Pirate
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
2/2
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC)
Released
2023-11-17
Collector number
153
Artist
Zoltan Boros
Commander rank
9,253 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Departed Deckhand

Departed Deckhand 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 153 in that set, with art by Zoltan Boros. It costs {1}{U} (one generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Core Set 2019 (2018) to The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.22 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

When this creature becomes the target of a spell, sacrifice it.

This creature can't be blocked except by Spirits.

{3}{U}: Another target creature you control can't be blocked this turn except by Spirits.

Market price

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

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

Format legality

Legality of Departed Deckhand by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

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

Other printings of Departed Deckhand

Departed Deckhand has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Jumpstart (JMP) #149Uncommon2020
Core Set 2019 (M19) #49Uncommon2018

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Departed Deckhand, newest first.

  • You'll sacrifice Departed Deckhand even if you counter the spell that targets it.
  • Activating Departed Deckhand's last ability after a creature has become blocked by a non-Spirit creature won't cause that creature to become unblocked.
  • If the spell that targets Departed Deckhand has no other targets, it won't resolve (because it no longer has a legal target after Departed Deckhand is sacrificed).

Similar cards

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

In these precons

Departed Deckhand is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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