Pirates by user9283376

Format: Commander

Commander: Edward Kenway

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This deck is a synergistic Grixis mid-range combat strategy led by Edward Kenway. It unites Pirates, Assassins, and Vehicles into an aggressive engine that generates substantial Treasure tokens and steals opposing cards on combat damage. The early game establishes evasive beaters and utility outlaws such as Basim Ibn Ishaq and Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator. Deploying Edward Kenway on Turn 5 converts tapped combatants and crewed Vehicles into a steady stream of Treasure tokens each end step. Mid-game turns leverage card advantage from The Indomitable and Cosima, God of the Voyage // The Omenkeel, using stolen resources and massive Vehicles like Brotherhood Vertibird to pressure life totals. The deck closes games around Turn 9 by draining opponents with Mirkwood Bats and Shao Jun, taking over with Admiral Beckett Brass, or triggering Revel in Riches.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Admiral Beckett Brass
  • 1 Admiral Brass, Unsinkable
  • 1 Admiral's Order
  • 1 Adrestia
  • 1 Adéwalé, Breaker of Chains
  • 1 Agent of the Iron Throne
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archway of Innovation
  • 1 Back in Town
  • 1 Ballad of the Black Flag
  • 1 Basim Ibn Ishaq
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Brotherhood Headquarters
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Brotherhood Vertibird
  • 1 Chain Assassination
  • 1 Chandra, Spark Hunter
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Coastal Piracy
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corsair Captain
  • 1 Cosima, God of the Voyage // The Omenkeel
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Deluxe Dragster
  • 1 Don Andres, the Renegade
  • 1 Double Down
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Edward Kenway
  • 1 Fatal Push
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fell Flagship
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Gemcutter Buccaneer
  • 1 Hostage Taker
  • 1 Imposter Mech
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jackdaw
  • 1 Maestros Theater
  • 1 Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
  • 1 Mary Read and Anne Bonny
  • 1 Mech Hangar
  • 1 Merchant Raiders
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Nadier's Nightblade
  • 1 Nautiloid Ship
  • 1 Overpowering Attack
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Petty Larceny
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Port Razer
  • 1 Port of Karfell
  • 1 Ramirez DePietro, Pillager
  • 1 Ramses, Assassin Lord
  • 1 Restart Sequence
  • 1 Revel in Riches
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Royal Assassin
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Shao Jun
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Storm Fleet Sprinter
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Take the Fall
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Temple of Malice
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Belligerent
  • 1 The Indomitable
  • 1 The Regalia
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Weatherlight
  • 1 Xander's Lounge