Hostage Taker [Ixalan Promos] Vintage You don't ask why a

You don't ask why a plague spreads or a field burns

Set: Lorwyn Type: Artifact Rare Cost: {3} You may activate abilities of creatures you control as though those creatures had haste

Set: Unlimited Edition Type: Sorcery Uncommon Cost: {2}{G} Destroy target land

"Know your foes' strengths as well as their weaknesses

put that many vitality counters on Living Artifact

Hostage Taker [Ixalan Promos] Vintage You don't ask why aSet: Ixalan Promos Type: Creature Human Pirate Rare Cost: {2}{U}{B} When Hostage Taker enters the battlefield, exile another target creature or artifact until Hostage Taker leaves the battlefield. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any type to cast that spell.