Hostage Taker Price
10 printings · 9 sets · first printed 2017
Hostage Taker has been printed 10 times across 9 sets, first in 2017 and most recently in 2024. Right now the cheapest printing is Forgotten Realms Commander #186 at $0.20, while the most expensive is Double Masters 2022 #505 at $3.80 — about 19× more. The median across 9 priced printings is $0.37. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 10x, including dedicated reprint sets like Mystery Booster 2, Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander.
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Every Hostage Taker Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forgotten Realms Commander #186 (R) Cheapest | 2021 | $0.20 | — |
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander #271 (R) | 2023 | $0.32 | $0.08 |
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander #231 (R) | 2024 | $0.34 | — |
| Ixalan #223 (R) | 2017 | $0.34 | $0.07 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander #268 (R) | 2023 | $0.37 | — |
| Double Masters 2022 #227 (R) | 2022 | $0.38 | — |
| Mystery Booster 2 #137 (R) | 2024 | $0.45 | $0.20 |
| Ixalan Promos #223s (R) Foil | 2017 | $3.57 | $2.25 foil |
| Double Masters 2022 #505 (R) Foil | 2022 | $3.80 | — |
| Magic Online Promos #69987 (R) | 2018 | — | — |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 10 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
8 PrecedentsIn a multiplayer game, if a player leaves the game, all cards that player owns leave as well. If you leave the game, any spell or permanent cards you control from Hostage Taker's ability are exiled.
In a multiplayer game, if Hostage Taker's owner leaves the game while the card is still exiled and another player owns that card, the exiled card will return to the battlefield under its owner's control. Because the one-shot effect that returns the card isn't an ability that goes on the stack, it won't cease to exist along with the leaving player's spells and abilities on the stack.
If it's still in exile, the exiled card returns to the battlefield immediately after Hostage Taker leaves the battlefield. Nothing happens between the two events, including state-based actions.
If Hostage Taker leaves the battlefield before its triggered ability resolves, the target permanent won't be exiled.
Hostage Taker has received errata to prevent it from targeting itself. The correct Oracle wording appears above.
If a token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won't return to the battlefield. You can't cast it.
Once you begin to cast the exiled card, it's considered a new object. You'll control that spell and the permanent that spell becomes even if Hostage Taker leaves the battlefield.
Auras attached to the exiled permanent will be put into their owners' graveyards. Any Equipment will become unattached and remain on the battlefield. Any counters on the exiled permanent will cease to exist.