Ahoy Mateys (Lost Caverns of Ixilan) (upgraded) by MilkSjeik

Format: Commander

Commander: Admiral Brass, Unsinkable

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis Pirate tribal and reanimator strategy helmed by Admiral Brass, Unsinkable. The primary game plan focuses on deploying evasive, low-cost Pirates in the opening turns while stocking the graveyard using looting spells, land utilities, and the commander's own mill trigger. Once Admiral Brass, Unsinkable enters the battlefield on Turn 5, she immediately reanimates fallen Pirates as 4/4 attackers with haste at each combat step. The deck escalates pressure on Turn 6 by recurring heavy-hitting damage multipliers like Angrath's Marauders, creature-stealing engines like Coercive Recruiter, or mass buffs like Shared Animosity. While the deck generates strong combat velocity and steady card advantage, it relies heavily on creature combat and the graveyard, making it susceptible to well-timed board wipes and graveyard exile.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Admiral Beckett Brass
• 1 Admiral Brass, Unsinkable
• 1 Amphin Mutineer
• 1 Angrath's Marauders
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Arm-Mounted Anchor
• 1 Azure Fleet Admiral
• 1 Bident of Thassa
• 1 Black Market Connections
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Blood Money
• 1 Breeches, Brazen Plunderer
• 1 Broadside Bombardiers
• 1 Captain Lannery Storm
• 1 Captivating Crew
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 Choked Estuary
• 1 Coercive Recruiter
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Commander's Sphere
• 1 Corsair Captain
• 1 Crumbling Necropolis
• 1 Daring Saboteur
• 1 Departed Deckhand
• 1 Desolate Lighthouse
• 1 Dimir Signet
• 1 Dire Fleet Daredevil
• 1 Dire Fleet Ravager
• 1 Distant Melody
• 1 Enterprising Scallywag
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Faithless Looting
• 1 Fathom Fleet Captain
• 1 Feed the Swarm
• 1 Ferropede
• 1 Foreboding Ruins
• 1 Francisco, Fowl Marauder
• 1 Frostboil Snarl
• 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1 Gemcutter Buccaneer
• 1 Ghost of Ramirez DePietro
• 1 Herald's Horn
• 1 Hostage Taker
• 1 Icon of Ancestry
• 6 Island
• 1 Izzet Signet
• 1 Kari Zev, Skyship Raider
• 1 King Narfi's Betrayal
• 1 Lethal Scheme
• 1 Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
• 1 Merchant Raiders
• 5 Mountain
• 1 Nephalia Drownyard
• 1 Nesting Grounds
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Pitiless Plunderer
• 1 Port Razer
• 1 Port of Karfell
• 1 Power Conduit
• 1 Prismari Command
• 1 Rakdos Charm
• 1 Rakdos Signet
• 1 Ramirez DePietro, Pillager
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Secluded Courtyard
• 1 Shared Animosity
• 1 Siren Stormtamer
• 1 Skeleton Crew
• 1 Smoldering Marsh
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Soul Diviner
• 1 Spectral Sailor
• 1 Sulfur Falls
• 1 Sunken Hollow
• 4 Swamp
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 The Grim Captain's Locker
• 1 The Indomitable
• 1 Thriving Isle
• 1 Thriving Moor
• 1 Timestream Navigator
• 1 Unclaimed Territory
• 1 Vanquisher's Banner
• 1 Warkite Marauder
• 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1 Windfall
• 1 Zara, Renegade Recruiter