Don Andres by user7044971

Format: Commander

Commander: Don Andres, the Renegade

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

Don Andres, the Renegade commands a Grixis Pirate tribal and theft deck that turns opponents' cards into aggressive, buffed threats. The game plan centers on deploying low-cost Pirates like Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator and Captain Lannery Storm to establish early board presence and generate Treasure tokens. Once Don Andres enters the battlefield, any creature stolen from an opponent gains +2/+2, menace, deathtouch, and the Pirate creature type, while stolen noncreature spells generate additional Treasure tokens. The deck leverages single-target theft effects like Hostage Taker and impulse exile from Breeches, Brazen Plunderer before closing out the game with explosive finishers such as Mob Rule, Port Razer, or Coercive Recruiter. While vulnerable to sweepers and lacking dedicated high-tier protection, the deck generates consistent mid-game momentum, capitalizing on opponents' strongest creatures to deal lethal combat damage across multiple attack steps.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Admiral Beckett Brass
  • 1 Angrath, Minotaur Pirate
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Blood Money
  • 1 Bloody Betrayal
  • 1 Brazen Buccaneers
  • 1 Breeches, Brazen Plunderer
  • 1 Breeches, Eager Pillager
  • 1 Bribery
  • 1 Broadside Bombardiers
  • 1 Buccaneer's Bravado
  • 1 Captain Lannery Storm
  • 1 Captain Storm, Cosmium Raider
  • 1 Captivating Crew
  • 1 Coercive Recruiter
  • 1 Coin of Mastery
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corsair Captain
  • 1 Cunning Rhetoric
  • 1 Cutthroat Negotiator
  • 1 Dargo, the Shipwrecker
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Desolate Lighthouse
  • 1 Diamond Pick-Axe
  • 1 Dire Fleet Daredevil
  • 1 Dire Fleet Poisoner
  • 1 Disdainful Stroke
  • 1 Don Andres, the Renegade
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Fathom Fleet Captain
  • 1 Fathom Fleet Swordjack
  • 1 Fell Flagship
  • 1 Forerunner of the Coalition
  • 1 Furnace Reins
  • 1 Gemcutter Buccaneer
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Hit the Mother Lode
  • 1 Hostage Taker
  • 1 Icon of Ancestry
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Kari Zev's Expertise
  • 1 Kari Zev, Skyship Raider
  • 1 Kitesail Larcenist
  • 1 Magmatic Galleon
  • 1 Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
  • 1 Mark of Mutiny
  • 1 Masterful Flourish
  • 1 Memory Plunder
  • 1 Merchant Raiders
  • 1 Mnemonic Betrayal
  • 1 Mob Rule
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Nephalia Drownyard
  • 1 Outrageous Robbery
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Port Razer
  • 1 Ramirez DePietro, Pillager
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sailor of Means
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Skeleton Crew
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Subterranean Schooner
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swashbuckling
  • 1 The Indomitable
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 The Ruinous Powers
  • 1 Thief of Sanity
  • 1 Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
  • 1 Traitorous Instinct
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Walk the Plank
  • 1 Wanted Scoundrels
  • 1 Warkite Marauder
  • 1 Zara, Renegade Recruiter