Rarity Current Price Constructed Playability Casual Playability Overall Rating
Rare TCG Median: $6.56 Sees some play in Standard and fringe modern play Fun card that slots into some steal based strategies but "good stuff" cards without obvious synergy tend to not find a slot in the 100 Verdict: Sell

Verdict: Sell

This card saw play in some of the earliest versions of midrange and control decks after the set dropped but has since been removed from the most popular decks. It wasn't preordering for much, but spiked to $18.00 after initial tournament results, and has been falling in value since. The card is valuable in midrange matchups but can be too slow against aggressive decks and too easy to remove against control decks, making it a meta dependent card. There is no indication more decks will play this, and unless the pirate theme in Rivals of Ixalan takes off I think this card will continue to decline.

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