Magic: The Gathering · core
Spectral Sailor
Foundations · #164 · uncommon · 2024
Creature — Spirit Pirate
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Market reference
$0.17
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Collector number
- 164 / 771
- Release year
- 2024
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Illustrator
- Cristi Balanescu
- Colors
- U
- Frame
- 2015
- Border
- black
- Finishes
- nonfoil · foil
- Promo types
- beginnerbox · startercollection
- Printed
- 2024-11-15
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Draw
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Creature
- Power / Toughness
- 1 / 1
Also does
Strategy & play
How Spectral Sailor plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is card draw. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
How to beat Spectral Sailor
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
More by Cristi Balanescu
This card was illustrated by Cristi Balanescu.
About this card
Mana cost: {U}
Type: Creature — Spirit Pirate
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Flying {3}{U}: Draw a card.
""Any ship that sails on these mean seas for long is bound to pick up a ghost or two." —Admiral Beckett Brass"
Keywords: Flying, Flash
P/T: 1/1
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
Scryfall pricing
| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| USD (non-foil) | $0.17 |
| USD (foil) | $0.28 |
| EUR (non-foil) | €0.10 |
| EUR (foil) | €0.20 |
| MTGO tix | 0.03 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Spectral Sailor is real?
Spectral Sailor is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the print quality and cardstock (real cards have a distinctive blue inner core visible from the edge), the rosette pattern on the back, the security stamp on planeswalker / mythic cards from recent sets, and confirm the collector number and set code match the official Scryfall record. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Spectral Sailor worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Spectral Sailor is $0.17; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Spectral Sailor from?
Spectral Sailor is from the Magic: The Gathering set "Foundations" in the core series, released in 2024.
What rarity is Spectral Sailor?
Spectral Sailor is a uncommon card in the Foundations set.
Other Spectral Sailor printings
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