---
name: "Xavier Sal, Infested Captain"
mana_cost: "{B}{G}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Fungus Pirate"
colors: ["B", "G", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "G", "U"]
keywords: ["Proliferate", "Populate"]
set: "LCC"
set_name: "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander"
collector_number: "14"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Bryan Sola"
oracle_id: "50a9c647-47ba-4732-852a-f0ab2b4549c9"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/xavier-sal-infested-captain-lcc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Xavier Sal, Infested Captain
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}{G}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Fungus Pirate
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Proliferate, Populate

## Oracle Text
{T}, Remove a counter from another permanent you control: Populate. Activate only as a sorcery. (Create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.)
{T}, Sacrifice another creature: Proliferate. Activate only as a sorcery. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Plaguemaw Beast](/printing/plaguemaw-beast-plst.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Beast
2. [Gitaxian Anatomist](/printing/gitaxian-anatomist-one.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Wizard
3. [Spread the Sickness](/printing/spread-the-sickness-mm2.md) — Sorcery
4. [Gulping Scraptrap](/printing/gulping-scraptrap-one.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Horror
5. [Cankerbloom](/printing/cankerbloom-one.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Fungus
6. [Copper Longlegs](/printing/copper-longlegs-one.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Spider

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC) #14
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Bryan Sola
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`