Fathom Fleet Captain

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Fathom Fleet Captain: Creature - Human Pirate, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{B}
Mana value
2
Type
Creature - Human Pirate
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
2/1
Rarity
Rare
Set
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC)
Released
2023-11-17
Collector number
197
Artist
Matt Stewart
Commander rank
9,478 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Menace

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About Fathom Fleet Captain

Fathom Fleet Captain is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC), a Commander product released in November 2023. It is collector number 197 in that set, with art by Matt Stewart. It costs {1}{B} (one generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 2/1 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Ixalan (2017) to The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.28 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Menace

Whenever this creature attacks, if you control another nontoken Pirate, you may pay {2}. If you do, create a 2/2 black Pirate creature token with menace.

"Join me, and take the world for yourself!"

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.28 (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 Fathom Fleet Captain 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 Fathom Fleet Captain

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

PrintingRarityYear
Ixalan Promos (PXLN) #106pRare2017
Ixalan Promos (PXLN) #106sRare2017
Ixalan (XLN) #106Rare2017

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Fathom Fleet Captain, newest first.

  • If you don't control another nontoken Pirate at the moment Fathom Fleet Captain attacks, its triggered ability won't trigger. If you don't control another nontoken Pirate as that ability resolves, you can't pay {2}.
  • While resolving Fathom Fleet Captain's triggered ability, you can't pay {2} multiple times to create more than one Pirate token.

Similar cards

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In these precons

Fathom Fleet Captain is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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