Edward Kenway Pirates & Ships by user1661997

Format: Commander

Creator: user1661997

Commander: Edward Kenway

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Grixis Pirate and Vehicle tribal build led by Edward Kenway. Its primary game plan revolves around deploying low-mana Pirates and Vehicles in the opening turns, accelerating mana via two-mana mana rocks and early Treasure generators, and casting Edward Kenway on Turn 4 or 5. Attacking with crewed Vehicles and Pirates taps them before the end step, triggering Kenway to generate a burst of Treasure tokens while exiling and casting opponents' cards on combat connections. The deck converts this resource advantage into critical pressure around Turn 6 using combat damage amplifiers like Shared Animosity, combat-chaining threats like Port Razer, or temporary mass theft via Coercive Recruiter. It reliably closes games around Turn 8 through wide combat damage or alternate win conditions like Revel in Riches. While vulnerable to mass creature sweepers, the deck leverages recursion tools and secondary engines to maintain sustained aggression.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Admiral Beckett Brass
• 1 Admiral Brass, Unsinkable
• 1 Adrestia
• 1 Adéwalé, Breaker of Chains
• 1 Angrath, Minotaur Pirate
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Black Market Connections
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Breeches, Brazen Plunderer
• 1 Breeches, Eager Pillager
• 1 Broadside Bombardiers
• 1 Captain Lannery Storm
• 1 Captain Storm, Cosmium Raider
• 1 Captivating Crew
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 Choked Estuary
• 1 Coastal Piracy
• 1 Coercive Recruiter
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Conqueror's Galleon // Conqueror's Foothold
• 1 Corsair Captain
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Crumbling Necropolis
• 1 Dimir Signet
• 1 Don Andres, the Renegade
• 1 Drowned Catacomb
• 1 Edward Kenway
• 1 Enterprising Scallywag
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Faithless Looting
• 1 Fathom Fleet Captain
• 1 Fearless Swashbuckler
• 1 Feed the Swarm
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Foreboding Ruins
• 1 Francisco, Fowl Marauder
• 1 Frostboil Snarl
• 1 Gemcutter Buccaneer
• 1 Great Gilded Boat
• 1 Hostage Taker
• 7 Island
• 1 Izzet Signet
• 1 Jackdaw
• 1 Kari Zev, Skyship Raider
• 1 Kitesail Larcenist
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
• 1 March of the Drowned
• 1 Mary Read and Anne Bonny
• 1 Merchant Raiders
• 6 Mountain
• 1 Nautiloid Ship
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Pitiless Plunderer
• 1 Port Razer
• 1 Port of Karfell
• 1 Rakdos Charm
• 1 Rakdos Signet
• 1 Ramirez DePietro, Pillager
• 1 Reality Shift
• 1 Revel in Riches
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Secluded Courtyard
• 1 Shared Animosity
• 1 Siren Stormtamer
• 1 Smoldering Marsh
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Storm Fleet Negotiator
• 1 Subterranean Schooner
• 1 Sulfur Falls
• 1 Sunken Hollow
• 5 Swamp
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Talisman of Dominance
• 1 Terminate
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 The Belligerent
• 1 The Indomitable
• 1 The Lunar Whale
• 1 Thriving Isle
• 1 Timestream Navigator
• 1 Unclaimed Territory
• 1 Windfall
• 1 Zara, Renegade Recruiter