Pirates by chaos-mrk

Format: Commander

Commander: Admiral Brass, Unsinkable

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis Pirate tribal reanimator strategy commanded by Admiral Brass, Unsinkable. The primary game plan focuses on deploying early Pirate utility creatures and mana rocks, filtering cards into the graveyard through looting effects and Brass's self-mill trigger, and cheating high-cost Pirates directly into combat as 4/4 threats with haste. By leveraging combat-centric damage multipliers like Shared Animosity, extra combat steps from Port Razer, and life-halving effects from Dire Fleet Ravager, the deck applies relentless pressure across all opponents. Interaction is integrated into tribal synergies via enter-the-battlefield removal such as Hostage Taker, Amphin Mutineer, and Kitesail Larcenist, alongside efficient raid-discounted counterspells. While vulnerable to targeted graveyard hate and heavy creature sweepers, the deck maintains resilience through natural tribal redundancy, high card velocity, and hardcast backup combat routes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Admiral Beckett Brass
  • 1 Admiral Brass, Unsinkable
  • 1 Admiral's Order
  • 1 Amphin Mutineer
  • 1 Angrath's Marauders
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Money
  • 1 Brazen Cannonade
  • 1 Breeches, Brazen Plunderer
  • 1 Breeches, Eager Pillager
  • 1 Breeches, the Blastmaker
  • 1 Broadside Bombardiers
  • 1 Captain Lannery Storm
  • 1 Captivating Crew
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Coastal Piracy
  • 1 Coercive Recruiter
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corsair Captain
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Desolate Lighthouse
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dire Fleet Daredevil
  • 1 Dire Fleet Ravager
  • 1 Don Andres, the Renegade
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Evacuation
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Forerunner of the Coalition
  • 1 Francisco, Fowl Marauder
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
  • 1 Gemcutter Buccaneer
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Hostage Taker
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jackdaw
  • 1 Kitesail Larcenist
  • 1 Lookout's Dispersal
  • 1 Magmatic Galleon
  • 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
  • 1 Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
  • 1 Mary Read and Anne Bonny
  • 1 Merchant Raiders
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Nephalia Drownyard
  • 1 Northampton Farm
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pirated Copy
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Port Razer
  • 1 Port of Karfell
  • 1 Prismari Command
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Ramirez DePietro, Pillager
  • 1 Restless Reef
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Ruthless Knave
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Seething Landscape
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Siren Stormtamer
  • 1 Skeleton Crew
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 The Belligerent
  • 1 The Indomitable
  • 1 Timestream Navigator
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Walk the Plank
  • 1 Warkite Marauder
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Winternight Stories
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Zara, Renegade Recruiter