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Captain Howler, Sea Scourge
USD $0.36
USD foil $0.58
EUR €0.33
MTGO 0.02 tix

Captain Howler, Sea Scourge

{2}{U}{R}

Legendary Creature — Shark Pirate

Ward—{2}, Pay 2 life.

Whenever you discard one or more cards, target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn for each card discarded this way. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player this turn, you draw a card.

5 / 4

Ward
Set
Aetherdrift (DFT #194)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
4
Released
2025-02-14
Artist
Mirko Failoni
EDHREC rank
#5,114
Colour identity
{R}{U}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.29
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander
Draw

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Marauding Mako 74 %+70.7 %
  2. Ghostly Pilferer 74 %+70.5 %
  3. Key to the City 71 %+68.5 %
  4. Magmakin Artillerist 71 %+67.9 %
  5. Scrounging Skyray 68 %+65.3 %
  6. Monument to Endurance 68 %+64.4 %
  7. Wonder 64 %+61.5 %
  8. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun 63 %+60.3 %
  9. Glint-Horn Buccaneer 65 %+59.6 %
  10. Anger 59 %+56.0 %
  11. Rielle, the Everwise 56 %+53.4 %
  12. Forgotten Cave 58 %+52.3 %
  13. Lonely Sandbar 58 %+51.8 %
  14. Brallin, Skyshark Rider 53 %+51.2 %
  15. Faithless Looting 82 %+51.2 %
  16. Thrill of Possibility 62 %+49.1 %
  17. Mary Read and Anne Bonny 51 %+48.5 %
  18. Tolarian Winds 51 %+47.1 %
  19. Izzet Charm 63 %+46.0 %
  20. Ivora, Insatiable Heir 47 %+45.0 %
  21. Surly Badgersaur 46 %+44.7 %
  22. Boosted Sloop 46 %+44.5 %
  23. Ash Barrens 49 %+44.3 %
  24. Containment Construct 46 %+43.9 %
  25. Kiora, the Rising Tide 44 %+42.0 %
  26. Demand Answers 49 %+41.7 %
  27. Fear of Missing Out 42 %+40.2 %
  28. Prismari Command 58 %+39.7 %
  29. Frantic Search 79 %+37.6 %
  30. Windfall 61 %+36.7 %
  31. Change of Fortune 37 %+35.4 %
  32. Brass's Tunnel-Grinder 38 %+35.0 %
  33. Cathartic Reunion 38 %+34.6 %
  34. Cool but Rude 36 %+34.4 %
  35. Broadside Barrage 37 %+34.3 %
  36. Desolate Lighthouse 43 %+34.1 %
  37. Rogue's Passage 48 %+34.1 %
  38. Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator 36 %+33.9 %
  39. Geier Reach Sanitarium 34 %+30.7 %
  40. Cephalid Coliseum 36 %+30.6 %
  41. Kitsa, Otterball Elite 37 %+30.3 %
  42. Ledger Shredder 33 %+30.0 %
  43. Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel 32 %+28.7 %
  44. Decaying Time Loop 30 %+27.6 %
  45. Magus of the Wheel 31 %+27.6 %
  46. Kaito, Cunning Infiltrator 28 %+27.2 %
  47. Careful Study 30 %+26.9 %
  48. Forgotten Creation 28 %+26.6 %
  49. Refute 31 %+26.4 %
  50. Big Score 52 %+26.0 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Island 99 %+1.6 %
  2. Mountain 99 %+1.5 %
  3. Command Tower 87 %+0.0 %
  4. Arcane Signet 85 %+3.1 %
  5. Sol Ring 84 %-2.1 %
  6. Faithless Looting 82 %+51.2 %
  7. Frantic Search 79 %+37.6 %
  8. Marauding Mako 74 %+70.7 %
  9. Ghostly Pilferer 74 %+70.5 %
  10. Sulfur Falls 72 %+4.9 %
  11. Magmakin Artillerist 71 %+67.9 %
  12. Key to the City 71 %+68.5 %
  13. Scrounging Skyray 68 %+65.3 %
  14. Monument to Endurance 68 %+64.4 %
  15. Glint-Horn Buccaneer 65 %+59.6 %
  16. Wonder 64 %+61.5 %
  17. Shivan Reef 64 %+4.0 %
  18. Izzet Charm 63 %+46.0 %
  19. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun 63 %+60.3 %
  20. Thrill of Possibility 62 %+49.1 %
  21. Windfall 61 %+36.7 %
  22. Anger 59 %+56.0 %
  23. Izzet Signet 59 %+4.7 %
  24. Forgotten Cave 58 %+52.3 %
  25. Lonely Sandbar 58 %+51.8 %
  26. Prismari Command 58 %+39.7 %
  27. Talisman of Creativity 57 %+3.5 %
  28. Rielle, the Everwise 56 %+53.4 %
  29. Brallin, Skyshark Rider 53 %+51.2 %
  30. Stormcarved Coast 52 %+7.9 %
  31. Big Score 52 %+26.0 %
  32. Tolarian Winds 51 %+47.1 %
  33. Mary Read and Anne Bonny 51 %+48.5 %
  34. Ash Barrens 49 %+44.3 %
  35. Demand Answers 49 %+41.7 %
  36. Rogue's Passage 48 %+34.1 %
  37. Frostboil Snarl 47 %+3.3 %
  38. Reliquary Tower 47 %-1.8 %
  39. Ivora, Insatiable Heir 47 %+45.0 %
  40. Surly Badgersaur 46 %+44.7 %
  41. Boosted Sloop 46 %+44.5 %
  42. Containment Construct 46 %+43.9 %
  43. Steam Vents 44 %-6.1 %
  44. Cascade Bluffs 44 %-1.9 %
  45. Kiora, the Rising Tide 44 %+42.0 %
  46. Desolate Lighthouse 43 %+34.1 %
  47. Blasphemous Act 43 %+4.2 %
  48. Chaos Warp 43 %+1.9 %
  49. Counterspell 42 %-9.5 %
  50. Fear of Missing Out 42 %+40.2 %

Format legality

Standard Legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Legal
Penny Legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Legal
Gladiator Legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Gatherer ↗Edhrec ↗
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