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Kitesail Freebooter

Creature — Human Pirate1 generic manaBlack mana

Tidehollow Sculler taught aggressive black-white decks that a disruptive body and a hand-rip could share one card; this design takes that idea and adds the two refinements that matter. The exile is conditional on the creature surviving, so the card it strips is not gone forever: kill the Pirate and the card returns, which turns the theft into a clock rather than a permanent transaction and gives the opponent a real out. And the body flies, which is the quiet upgrade Sculler never had. A 1/2 evader is not a fast clock, but it is a clock that chips in over a stalled board and dodges most ground blockers, so the disruption keeps mattering after the initial reveal. The target restriction is the trade-off that keeps it fair: it can only take noncreature, nonland cards, so it pulls removal, counterspells, planeswalkers, and combo pieces while leaving the opponent's creatures untouched. That asymmetry makes it a tempo tool against control and combo and a near-blank against creature decks, the profile of a disruptive two-drop that only earns its keep against certain kinds of opponents. The reveal also hands you perfect information about what you are leaving behind, which sharpens every decision after it resolves.

Kitesail Freebooter (xln)
XLN · #110uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.33
Foil: $0.67
Oracle Text

Rules text

Flying When this creature enters, target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. Exile that card until this creature leaves the battlefield.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
Legal
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