Kitesail Larcenist
Mana Cost:
Type: Creature — Human Pirate
Oracle Text:
Flying, ward {1}
When this creature enters, for each player, choose up to one other target artifact or creature that player controls. For as long as this creature remains on the battlefield, the chosen permanents become Treasure artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color" and lose all other abilities.
Power/Toughness: 2/3
Rarity: rare
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
Price ( USD): $0.44
USD: $0.44 · EUR: €0.86
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Character Background
Kitesail Larcenist is a cleanly designed tempo-value pirate that fits naturally into blue decks looking to develop the board while disrupting opposing engines. A 2/3 flyer for three mana with ward {1} already pressures life totals and makes removal awkward, but the real strength is its enter-the-battlefield theft-by-transmutation: you can turn a problematic artifact or creature from each player into a Treasure, stripping away all other abilities for as long as the Larcenist stays alive. That makes it excellent against utility creatures, tapped-out blockers, equipment carriers, or mana rocks, while also giving you a burst of fixing and ramp if you target your own expendable permanent. In deckbuilding, pair it with bounce or blink effects to repeatedly blank key permanents and generate more Treasures, or use sacrifice synergies that appreciate temporary artifacts. The card’s pirate flavor fits Ixalan perfectly: less plunder by force, more surgical looting through skyborne mischief.
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