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Corsair CaptainHow it works & interactions with other cards

By the ManaCount desk· 4 min read· Foundations· November 15, 2024
Carte Magic Corsair Captain

Corsair Captain is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

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Official card text

When this creature enters, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Other Pirates you control get +1/+1.

How it works : Corsair Captain

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

  1. #1· Wizards of the Coast

    Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to Pirates you control may become lethal if Corsair Captain leaves the battlefield during that turn.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

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Popular combos

Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.

Deadeye Navigator
+Corsair Captain
+Panharmonicon
#1

Deadeye Navigator + Corsair Captain + Panharmonicon

Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature LTB
  1. 1Activate Corsair Captain by paying {1}{U}, blinking it.
  2. 2When Corsair Captain enters, it and Deadeye Navigator's soulbond ability trigger twice.
  3. 3Resolve both Deadeye Navigator triggers, repairing it and Corsair Captain.
  4. 4Resolve both Corsair Captain triggers, creating two Treasure tokens.
  5. 5Activate both Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {1}{U}.
  6. 6Repeat.
Deadeye Navigator
+Corsair Captain
+Starfield Vocalist
#2

Deadeye Navigator + Corsair Captain + Starfield Vocalist

Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature LTB
  1. 1Activate Corsair Captain by paying {1}{U}, blinking it.
  2. 2When Corsair Captain enters, it and Deadeye Navigator's soulbond ability trigger twice.
  3. 3Resolve both Deadeye Navigator triggers, repairing it and Corsair Captain.
  4. 4Resolve both Corsair Captain triggers, creating two Treasure tokens.
  5. 5Activate both Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {1}{U}.
  6. 6Repeat.
Deadeye Navigator
+Virtue of Knowledge // Vantress Visions
+Corsair Captain
#3

Deadeye Navigator + Virtue of Knowledge // Vantress Visions + Corsair Captain

Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature LTB
  1. 1Activate Corsair Captain by paying {1}{U}, blinking it.
  2. 2When Corsair Captain enters, it and Deadeye Navigator's soulbond ability trigger twice.
  3. 3Resolve both Deadeye Navigator triggers, repairing it and Corsair Captain.
  4. 4Resolve both Corsair Captain triggers, creating two Treasure tokens.
  5. 5Activate both Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {1}{U}.
  6. 6Repeat.
Deadeye Navigator
+Corsair Captain
+Xorn
#4

Deadeye Navigator + Corsair Captain + Xorn

Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature LTB
  1. 1Activate Corsair Captain by paying {1}{U}, blinking it.
  2. 2When Corsair Captain enters, it and Deadeye Navigator's soulbond ability trigger
  3. 3Resolve the Deadeye Navigator trigger, repairing it and Corsair Captain.
  4. 4Resolve the Corsair Captain trigger, creating two Treasure tokens.
  5. 5Activate both Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {1}{U}.
  6. 6Repeat.
Deadeye Navigator
+Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
+Corsair Captain
#5

Deadeye Navigator + Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines + Corsair Captain

Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature LTB
  1. 1Activate Corsair Captain by paying {1}{U}, blinking it.
  2. 2When Corsair Captain enters, it and Deadeye Navigator's soulbond ability trigger twice.
  3. 3Resolve both Deadeye Navigator triggers, repairing it and Corsair Captain.
  4. 4Resolve both Corsair Captain triggers, creating two Treasure tokens.
  5. 5Activate both Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {1}{U}.
  6. 6Repeat.
Deadeye Navigator
+Corsair Captain
+Mirror Room // Fractured Realm
#6

Deadeye Navigator + Corsair Captain + Mirror Room // Fractured Realm

Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature LTB
  1. 1Activate Corsair Captain by paying {1}{U}, blinking it.
  2. 2When Corsair Captain enters, it and Deadeye Navigator's soulbond ability trigger twice.
  3. 3Resolve both Deadeye Navigator triggers, repairing it and Corsair Captain.
  4. 4Resolve both Corsair Captain triggers, creating two Treasure tokens.
  5. 5Activate both Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {1}{U}.
  6. 6Repeat.
Deadeye Navigator
+Anointed Procession
+Corsair Captain
#7

Deadeye Navigator + Anointed Procession + Corsair Captain

Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature LTB
  1. 1Activate Corsair Captain by paying {1}{U}, blinking it.
  2. 2When Corsair Captain enters, it and Deadeye Navigator's soulbond ability trigger
  3. 3Resolve the Deadeye Navigator trigger, repairing it and Corsair Captain.
  4. 4Resolve the Corsair Captain trigger, creating two Treasure tokens.
  5. 5Activate both Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {1}{U}.
  6. 6Repeat.
Deadeye Navigator
+Corsair Captain
+Yarok, the Desecrated
#8

Deadeye Navigator + Corsair Captain + Yarok, the Desecrated

Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature LTB
  1. 1Activate Corsair Captain by paying {1}{U}, blinking it.
  2. 2When Corsair Captain enters, it and Deadeye Navigator's soulbond ability trigger twice.
  3. 3Resolve both Deadeye Navigator triggers, repairing it and Corsair Captain.
  4. 4Resolve both Corsair Captain triggers, creating two Treasure tokens.
  5. 5Activate both Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {1}{U}.
  6. 6Repeat.

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Legal formats

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