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Hostage Taker
Oracle Text
When this creature enters, exile another target creature or artifact until this creature leaves the battlefield. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell.
Card Details
Mana CostCharacter Background
Hostage Taker is a classic blue-black value tempo card: a 2/3 Human Pirate that doubles as removal, disruption, and card advantage in one body. In practical play, it shines best in midrange-control shells that want to clear away an opposing threat, then leverage the stolen card as a resource swing. Exiling an artifact or creature until Hostage Taker leaves the battlefield means it can answer problematic permanents while also threatening to cast them later, and the “mana of any type” clause makes the stolen card easy to deploy even in color-restricted decks. It pairs especially well with bounce, flicker, or sacrifice effects if you want to reuse the enter-the-battlefield trigger or deny the opponent their permanent permanently. Decks with instant-speed interaction and a solid mana base can maximize the tempo blowout, and artifact-heavy metas make the choice of targets even more punishing.
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Character Background
Hostage Taker is a classic blue-black value tempo card: a 2/3 Human Pirate that doubles as removal, disruption, and card advantage in one body. In practical play, it shines best in midrange-control shells that want to clear away an opposing threat, then leverage the stolen card as a resource swing. Exiling an artifact or creature until Hostage Taker leaves the battlefield means it can answer problematic permanents while also threatening to cast them later, and the “mana of any type” clause makes the stolen card easy to deploy even in color-restricted decks. It pairs especially well with bounce, flicker, or sacrifice effects if you want to reuse the enter-the-battlefield trigger or deny the opponent their permanent permanently. Decks with instant-speed interaction and a solid mana base can maximize the tempo blowout, and artifact-heavy metas make the choice of targets even more punishing.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-11 14:20:45 UTC