Francisco, Fowl Marauder

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Francisco, Fowl Marauder: Legendary Creature - Bird Pirate, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander. Flying. Francisco can't block. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{B}
Mana value
2
Type
Legendary Creature - Bird Pirate
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
0/1
Rarity
Rare
Set
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC)
Released
2023-11-17
Collector number
81
Artist
Rudy Siswanto
Commander rank
7,069 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Explore, Flying, Partner
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Francisco, Fowl Marauder

Francisco, Fowl Marauder is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black legendary creature from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC), a Commander product released in November 2023. It is collector number 81 in that set, with art by Rudy Siswanto. It costs {1}{B} (one generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 0/1 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander is its only printing so far. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.30 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Flying

Francisco can't block.

Whenever one or more Pirates you control deal damage to a player, Francisco explores.

Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.30 (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 Francisco, Fowl Marauder by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Francisco, Fowl Marauder

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC) #49Rare2023

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Francisco, Fowl Marauder, newest first.

  • An effect that checks whether you control your commander is satisfied if you control one or both of your two commanders.
  • Both commanders start in the command zone, and the remaining 98 cards (or 58 cards in a Commander Draft game) of your deck are shuffled to become your library.
  • If a resolving spell or ability instructs a specific creature to explore but that creature has left the battlefield, the creature still explores. If you reveal a nonland card this way, you won't put a +1/+1 counter on anything, but you may put the revealed card into your graveyard. Effects that trigger "whenever a creature explores" trigger as appropriate.
  • If an ability instructs a creature to explore, its controller reveals the top card of their library. If it's a land card, they'll put it into their hand. Otherwise, they'll put a +1/+1 counter on that creature, then choose to either leave that card on top of their library or put it into their graveyard.
  • If no card is revealed, most likely because that player's library is empty, the exploring creature receives a +1/+1 counter.
  • If one or more Pirates you control deal damage to multiple players at once (for example, in combat, or with an ability such as that of Lightning-Rig Crew), Francisco, Fowl Marauder's ability triggers once for each of those players.
  • If something refers to your commander while you have two commanders, it refers to one of them of your choice. If you are instructed to perform an action on your commander (e.g. put it from the command zone into your hand due to Command Beacon), you choose one of your commanders at the time the effect happens.
  • If your Commander deck has two commanders, you can only include cards whose own color identities are also found in your commanders' combined color identities.

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