Black Flag by REGELDUDES

Format: Commander

Commander: Edward Kenway

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This Edward Kenway deck operates as an aggressive midrange tribal strategy blending Pirates, Assassins, and Vehicles in Grixis colors. The primary game plan curves out evasive, low-cost creatures and Vehicles during the early turns to apply combat pressure. Once Edward Kenway enters the battlefield on Turn 5, each tapped attacker and crewed Vehicle generates Treasure tokens on the end step, while connecting Vehicles exile cards from opposing libraries to cast. The deck converts this immense mana velocity and card advantage into game-ending combat steps using Shared Animosity, Port Razer, and Admiral Beckett Brass. While it lacks fast combo finishes or universal tutors, its high synergy, recurring Treasure engine, and asymmetric bounce tools allow it to outpace opponents through combat dominance and steady resource generation.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Admiral Beckett Brass
  • 1 Adrestia
  • 1 Adéwalé, Breaker of Chains
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Basim Ibn Ishaq
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Broadside Bombardiers
  • 1 Captain Howler, Sea Scourge
  • 1 Captain Lannery Storm
  • 1 Captain Storm, Cosmium Raider
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Coastal Piracy
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corsair Captain
  • 1 Cosima, God of the Voyage // The Omenkeel
  • 1 Cover of Darkness
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Daring Saboteur
  • 1 Deadeye Quartermaster
  • 1 Departed Deckhand
  • 1 Desolate Lighthouse
  • 1 Desynchronization
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dire Fleet Daredevil
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Don Andres, the Renegade
  • 1 Double Down
  • 1 Edward Kenway
  • 1 Evie Frye
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fell Flagship
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Francisco, Fowl Marauder
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Hostage Taker
  • 1 Impulsive Pilferer
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jackdaw
  • 1 Kari Zev, Skyship Raider
  • 1 Kitesail Larcenist
  • 1 Laughing Jasper Flint
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Lookout's Dispersal
  • 1 Magmatic Galleon
  • 1 Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
  • 1 Mary Read and Anne Bonny
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Nephalia Drownyard
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Port Razer
  • 1 Prismari Command
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Ramirez DePietro, Pillager
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shadowed Caravel
  • 1 Shao Jun
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Siren Stormtamer
  • 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
  • 1 Sleek Schooner
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectral Sailor
  • 1 Staunch Crewmate
  • 1 Subterranean Schooner
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Belligerent
  • 1 The Indomitable
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Timestream Navigator
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Warkite Marauder
  • 1 Zephyr Singer