Merchant Raiders
Merchant Raiders: Creature - Human Pirate, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Creature - Human Pirate
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 2/4
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC)
- Released
- 2023-11-17
- Collector number
- 163
- Artist
- Deruchenko Alexander
- Commander rank
- 6,921 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Merchant Raiders
Merchant Raiders 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 163 in that set, with art by Deruchenko Alexander. It costs {3}{U} (three generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 2/4 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Commander Legends (2020) to The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.21 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Whenever this creature or another Pirate you control enters, tap up to one target creature. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as you control this creature.
"Tell you what, you keep the rope."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.21 (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 Merchant Raiders by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Merchant Raiders
Merchant Raiders has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Commander Legends (CMR) #81 | Uncommon | 2020 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Merchant Raiders, newest first.
- The triggered ability can target any creature, including one that is already tapped. In that case, the creature stays tapped and won't untap during its controller's untap step.
- The ability stopping the creature from untapping will continue to apply to it even if the creature changes controllers.
- If another player gains control of Merchant Raiders, the creature will no longer be affected by the ability stopping it from untapping, even if you later regain control of Merchant Raiders.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Merchant Raiders is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.