Pitiless Plunderer
Special Guests 5 • uncommon
- Set
- Special Guests
- Collector number
- 5
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Johan Grenier
- Market price
- $25.50
What it does
Whenever another creature you control dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "tap, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
"The trick to getting the biggest share is to be the last one standing."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Pitiless Plunderer was first introduced in the Rivals of Ixalan set for Magic: The Gathering in 2018, designed to fit into the game's pirate-themed tribal mechanics. As a creature that generates Treasure tokens whenever another creature you control dies, it quickly became a staple in Commander format decks, where it serves as a highly efficient engine for sacrifice-based strategies.
The version from the Special Guests series features updated, stylized art that moves away from the traditional high-fantasy look of the original release. This reprint was part of a broader effort to provide players with unique aesthetic variants of popular utility cards, reflecting the game's ongoing practice of celebrating influential mechanics through thematic artist commissions.
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