Edward kenway by user7484282

Format: Commander

Commander: Edward Kenway

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis typal midrange build centered on Assassins, Pirates, and Vehicles under the command of Edward Kenway. The primary game plan develops low-cost Assassins and Pirates during early turns, followed by casting Edward on Turn 5 to convert tapped attackers and crew members into Treasure tokens and stolen cards. Mid-game pressure builds through high-stat Vehicles and impactful equipment such as Excalibur, Sword of Eden and Sword of Feast and Famine, occasionally reinforced by extra combat steps from Overpowering Attack. Without fast mana or tutors, the deck advances at a traditional fair pace, achieving a must-answer state around Turn 7 and eliminating the table through fair combat by Turn 10. While resilient through secondary threats like Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos, the deck remains susceptible to sweepers and lacks countermagic to protect its board.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adrestia
  • 1 Adéwalé, Breaker of Chains
  • 1 Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos
  • 1 Apocalypse Runner
  • 1 Arno Dorian
  • 1 Assassin Gauntlet
  • 1 Assassin Initiate
  • 1 Ballad of the Black Flag
  • 1 Basim Ibn Ishaq
  • 1 Become Anonymous
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Broadside Barrage
  • 1 Brotherhood Headquarters
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Burner Rocket
  • 1 Burnout Bashtronaut
  • 1 Captain Howler, Sea Scourge
  • 1 Chain Assassination
  • 1 Coastal Piracy
  • 1 Coin of Mastery
  • 1 Consulate Dreadnought
  • 1 Cover of Darkness
  • 1 Cryptcaller Chariot
  • 1 Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass
  • 1 Desmond Miles
  • 1 Desynchronization
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Eagle Vision
  • 1 Edward Kenway
  • 1 Enslave
  • 1 Escape Detection
  • 1 Excalibur, Sword of Eden
  • 1 Fearless Swashbuckler
  • 1 Haunted Hellride
  • 1 Hellspur Posse Boss
  • 1 Hidden Blade
  • 1 Hulldrifter
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Jackdaw
  • 1 Lydia Frye
  • 1 Magmatic Galleon
  • 1 Marauding Mako
  • 1 Mary Read and Anne Bonny
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Origin of the Hidden Ones
  • 1 Overpowering Attack
  • 1 Petty Larceny
  • 1 Phantom Blade
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Racers' Scoreboard
  • 1 Restart Sequence
  • 1 Roshan, Hidden Magister
  • 1 Rover Blades
  • 1 Scrounging Skyray
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shao Jun
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Sky Cycle
  • 1 Smoke Bomb
  • 1 Spyglass Siren
  • 1 Staff of Eden, Vault's Key
  • 1 Staunch Crewmate
  • 1 Subterranean Schooner
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftwater Cliffs
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of Light and Shadow
  • 1 Temporal Trespass
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Animus
  • 1 The Revelations of Ezio
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Yggdrasil, Rebirth Engine