Black Flag by user5806238

Format: Commander

Commander: Edward Kenway

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Edward Kenway helms a Grixis Pirate/Vehicle tribal deck that wins through overwhelming combat damage or an infinite-mana combo. The commander generates a Treasure token for each tapped Assassin, Pirate, or Vehicle at end step, and Vehicles that connect exile the top card of opponents' libraries for you to cast. The deck leverages a dense theft subtheme (Hostage Taker, Coercive Recruiter, Captivating Crew) and the freerunning mechanic (cheaper spells after combat damage) to accelerate its plays. Primary win conditions are: 1) infinite mana from Isochron Scepter + Dramatic Reversal with mana rocks, then sink into Torment of Hailfire; 2) repeated extra combat steps via Port Razer; 3) raw combat damage with Angrath's Marauders and evasion. The deck plays a tempo-oriented game, attacking early to generate treasures and card advantage, then pivoting into a combo finish or overwhelming board presence.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Admiral Beckett Brass
• 1 Admiral Brass, Unsinkable
• 1 Adéwalé, Breaker of Chains
• 1 Angrath's Marauders
• 1 Arcane Denial
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Assassin Gauntlet
• 1 Ballad of the Black Flag
• 1 Big Score
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Breeches, Eager Pillager
• 1 Buried Ruin
• 1 Captain Storm, Cosmium Raider
• 1 Captivating Crew
• 1 Cascade Bluffs
• 1 Chain Assassination
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 Coastal Piracy
• 1 Coercive Recruiter
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Commander's Sphere
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Cyclonic Rift
• 1 Deadeye Quartermaster
• 1 Deflecting Swat
• 1 Deluxe Dragster
• 1 Demonic Tutor
• 1 Don Andres, the Renegade
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Dramatic Reversal
• 1 Eagle Vision
• 1 Edward Kenway
• 1 Evie Frye
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Fierce Guardianship
• 1 Forerunner of the Coalition
• 1 Go for the Throat
• 1 Hostage Taker
• 1 Imposter Mech
• 7 Island
• 1 Isochron Scepter
• 1 Jackdaw
• 1 Magmatic Galleon
• 1 Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
• 1 Mana Vault
• 1 March of the Drowned
• 1 Mary Read and Anne Bonny
• 1 Mech Hangar
• 1 Morphic Pool
• 6 Mountain
• 1 Negate
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Port Razer
• 1 Reaver Titan
• 1 Restart Sequence
• 1 Rhystic Study
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Royal Assassin
• 1 Scalding Tarn
• 1 Shao Jun
• 1 Siren Stormtamer
• 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
• 1 Spirebluff Canal
• 1 Staunch Crewmate
• 1 Steam Vents
• 1 Subterranean Schooner
• 9 Swamp
• 1 Terminate
• 1 The Belligerent
• 1 The Indomitable
• 1 The Revelations of Ezio
• 1 Thunderhawk Gunship
• 1 Torment of Hailfire
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 1 Vaan, Street Thief
• 1 Vandalblast
• 1 Volcanic Island
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Weatherlight