Pirates by Johndoemer

Format: Commander

Commander: Dargo, the Shipwrecker and Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This deck is a high-speed Izzet combo list commanded by Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator and Dargo, the Shipwrecker. The primary game plan revolves around resolving Glint-Horn Buccaneer while Malcolm is on the battlefield. When Glint-Horn attacks, activating its rummaging ability deals damage to all opponents, triggering Malcolm to produce three Treasure tokens and generating surplus mana to repeat the loop until the table is eliminated. If the primary creature route is contested, the deck seamlessly transitions into storm-style sacrifice loops using Dargo alongside Phyrexian Altar to generate infinite enters-the-battlefield triggers and cast counts, finishing with Jeska, Thrice Reborn, Impact Tremors, or Altar of the Brood. A dense package of low-cost countermagic and free commander-centric interaction provides robust protection during combo turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Aether Spellbomb
• 1 Altar of the Brood
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Barrin, Master Wizard
• 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
• 1 Bitter Reunion
• 1 Brain Freeze
• 1 Breeches, Eager Pillager
• 1 Broadside Bombardiers
• 1 Buried Ruin
• 1 Candlekeep Sage
• 1 Cascade Bluffs
• 1 Cavern of Souls
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 City of Brass
• 1 Cloudstone Curio
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Counterbalance
• 1 Cyclonic Rift
• 1 Dargo, the Shipwrecker
• 1 Deflecting Swat
• 1 Dispel
• 1 Dramatic Reversal
• 1 Emberwilde Captain
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fabricate
• 1 Faithless Looting
• 1 Fierce Guardianship
• 1 Fiery Islet
• 1 Flamekin Herald
• 1 Frostboil Snarl
• 1 Glint-Horn Buccaneer
• 1 Goblin Bombardment
• 1 Goblin Engineer
• 1 Goldspan Dragon
• 1 Homeward Path
• 1 Impact Tremors
• 5 Island
• 1 Isochron Scepter
• 1 Izzet Signet
• 1 Jeska, Thrice Reborn
• 1 Ledger Shredder
• 1 Lightning-Rig Crew
• 1 Lotus Petal
• 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
• 1 Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
• 1 Mana Drain
• 1 Manifold Key
• 1 Merchant Scroll
• 1 Mishra's Bauble
• 1 Molten Tributary
• 8 Mountain
• 1 Mox Amber
• 1 Mox Tantalite
• 1 Muddle the Mixture
• 1 Mystic Remora
• 1 Pact of Negation
• 1 Phyrexian Altar
• 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1 Pongify
• 1 Preordain
• 1 Professional Face-Breaker
• 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
• 1 Rapid Hybridization
• 1 Reforge the Soul
• 1 Rhystic Study
• 1 Seize the Spotlight
• 1 Sensei's Divining Top
• 1 Shivan Reef
• 1 Silverbluff Bridge
• 1 Siren Stormtamer
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Steam Vents
• 1 Stifle
• 1 Stormcarved Coast
• 1 Sulfur Falls
• 1 Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1 Talisman of Creativity
• 1 Temple of Epiphany
• 1 Thermopod
• 1 Tolaria West
• 1 Training Center
• 1 Trash for Treasure
• 1 Trophy Mage
• 1 Urza's Bauble
• 1 Urza's Saga
• 1 Vandalblast
• 1 Wandering Fumarole