Corsairs of Chronology by mathcardozo
Format: Commander
Commander: Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator and Francisco, Fowl Marauder
Bracket: 3
Deck overview
This Dimir Pirate tribal deck leverages the partner commanders Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator and Francisco, Fowl Marauder to generate explosive value from combat damage. Malcolm creates Treasures for each opponent dealt damage, while Francisco explores repeatedly, filtering draws and growing. The deck floods the board with cheap evasive Pirates, draws heavily from combat triggers (Bident of Thassa, Coastal Piracy, Reconnaissance Mission), and accelerates into extra-turn engines-Timestream Navigator (via the city's blessing) and Time Sieve (by sacrificing five artifacts). Academy Manufactor triples token production, and Bloodforged Battle-Axe multiplies equipment. The primary win condition is overwhelming combat damage across multiple turns, often accelerated by extra turns. The deck also packs a dense interaction suite of counterspells and removal to protect its board and disrupt opponents.
Decklist (100 cards)
- 1 Academy Manufactor
- 1 Arcane Signet
- 1 Bident of Thassa
- 1 Bitter Triumph
- 1 Bloodforged Battle-Axe
- 1 Changeling Outcast
- 1 Choked Estuary
- 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
- 1 Cloud Pirates
- 1 Coastal Piracy
- 1 Combat Research
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Countersquall
- 1 Curious Inquiry
- 1 Curious Obsession
- 1 Daring Saboteur
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Deadeye Tracker
- 1 Departed Deckhand
- 1 Dig Through Time
- 1 Dimir Signet
- 1 Dispel
- 1 Exotic Orchard
- 1 Fabricate
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Feed the Swarm
- 1 Fellwar Stone
- 1 Foil
- 1 Francisco, Fowl Marauder
- 1 Gemstone Mine
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Grasping Scoundrel
- 1 Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar
- 1 Greedy Freebooter
- 1 Haunted One
- 1 Infernal Grasp
- 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
- 15 Island
- 1 Kitesail Freebooter
- 1 Kitesail Larcenist
- 1 Lim-Dûl's Vault
- 1 Lookout's Dispersal
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Mirrex
- 1 Miscast
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Mothdust Changeling
- 1 Muddle the Mixture
- 1 Negate
- 1 Oaken Siren
- 1 Perplex
- 1 Reconnaissance Mission
- 1 Reshape
- 1 Ringsight
- 1 River of Tears
- 1 Secluded Courtyard
- 1 Shred Memory
- 1 Siren Stormtamer
- 1 Slaughter Pact
- 1 Sol Ring
- 1 Spectral Sailor
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Spyglass Siren
- 1 Storm Fleet Negotiator
- 8 Swamp
- 1 Talisman of Dominance
- 1 The Indomitable
- 1 Thran Portal
- 1 Time Sieve
- 1 Timestream Navigator
- 1 Unclaimed Territory
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Universal Automaton
- 1 Warkite Marauder
- 1 Whir of Invention