Pirates by ChiefAwesome

Format: Commander

Commander: Admiral Brass, Unsinkable

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

Admiral Brass, Unsinkable leads a Grixis Pirate deck combining tribal combat aggression with graveyard reanimation. The deck curves low-cost utility Pirates and mana rocks in the early turns, fills the graveyard through looting and commander entry mill, and lands Admiral Brass on Turn 5. Brass reanimates high-impact threats such as Dire Fleet Ravager, Angrath's Marauders, and Port Razer as 4/4 attackers with haste at each combat step. Secondary synergies exploit theft mechanics via Admiral Beckett Brass and Coercive Recruiter, alongside value engines like Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator and Breeches, Brazen Plunderer. The deck closes games around Turn 8 through wide, evasive combat damage and damage-doubling effects. Its primary vulnerabilities are targeted graveyard exile and board sweepers, combined with low defensive protection spells.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Admiral Beckett Brass
  • 1 Admiral Brass, Unsinkable
  • 1 Adrestia
  • 1 Adéwalé, Breaker of Chains
  • 1 Angrath's Marauders
  • 1 Arbaaz Mir
  • 1 Arcane Flight
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Assassin Gauntlet
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Breeches, Brazen Plunderer
  • 1 Brotherhood Headquarters
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Captivating Crew
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Coercive Recruiter
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corsair Captain
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Dependable Quinjet
  • 1 Desolate Lighthouse
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dire Fleet Ravager
  • 1 Divination
  • 1 Don Andres, the Renegade
  • 1 Enterprising Scallywag
  • 1 Epic Downfall
  • 1 Evacuation
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Fathom Fleet Captain
  • 1 Final Act
  • 1 Foot Mystic
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Francisco, Fowl Marauder
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
  • 1 Gemcutter Buccaneer
  • 1 Ghost of Ramirez DePietro
  • 1 HYDRA Infiltration
  • 1 Hex Magic
  • 1 Hired Poisoner
  • 1 Hostage Taker
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Living History
  • 1 Macabre Waltz
  • 1 Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
  • 1 March of the Drowned
  • 1 Merchant Raiders
  • 1 Meteoric Mace
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Origin of the Hidden Ones
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Peculiar Lighthouse
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Port Razer
  • 1 Prismari Command
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Ramirez DePietro, Pillager
  • 1 Reno and Rude
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Royal Assassin
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Seething Landscape
  • 1 Siren Stormtamer
  • 1 Skeleton Crew
  • 1 Skyship Plunderer
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spicy Oatmeal Pizza
  • 1 Storm Fleet Negotiator
  • 1 Stronghold Assassin
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Surveillance Room
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Take the Fall
  • 1 Terminal Agony
  • 1 Terminal Moraine
  • 1 The Indomitable
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Timestream Navigator
  • 1 Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Zara, Renegade Recruiter