Pirates by Dinkleberg034

Format: Commander

Commander: Admiral Brass, Unsinkable

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis Pirate tribal and reanimation strategy led by Admiral Brass, Unsinkable. The game plan revolves around deploying aggressive, low-cost Pirates in the early turns while generating mana velocity through Treasure tokens. As the mid-game approaches, the deck stocks the graveyard via self-mill, looting, and explore triggers. Once Admiral Brass enters the battlefield, she immediately reanimates high-cost, high-impact Pirates such as Angrath's Marauders, Dire Fleet Ravager, and Port Razer as 4/4 creatures with haste. The deck amplifies its wide board using combat enhancers like Shared Animosity and theft mechanics from Coercive Recruiter to overwhelm opposing life totals across multiple combat phases. Card advantage engines such as Breeches, Brazen Plunderer and Bident of Thassa maintain resources into the late game.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Admiral Beckett Brass
  • 1 Admiral Brass, Unsinkable
  • 1 Angrath's Marauders
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arm-Mounted Anchor
  • 1 Azure Fleet Admiral
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Blood Money
  • 1 Breeches, Brazen Plunderer
  • 1 Broadside Bombardiers
  • 1 Captain Lannery Storm
  • 1 Captivating Crew
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Chorale of the Void
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Coercive Recruiter
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Corsair Captain
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Desolate Lighthouse
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dire Fleet Daredevil
  • 1 Dire Fleet Ravager
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Don Andres, the Renegade
  • 1 Enterprising Scallywag
  • 1 Evacuation
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fathom Fleet Captain
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Francisco, Fowl Marauder
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Gemcutter Buccaneer
  • 1 Ghost of Ramirez DePietro
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Hostage Taker
  • 1 Icon of Ancestry
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Kari Zev, Skyship Raider
  • 1 King Narfi's Betrayal
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
  • 1 Malcolm, the Eyes
  • 1 Merchant Raiders
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Nephalia Drownyard
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Port Razer
  • 1 Port of Karfell
  • 1 Prismari Command
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Ramirez DePietro, Pillager
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Siren Stormtamer
  • 1 Skeleton Crew
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectral Sailor
  • 1 Storm Fleet Negotiator
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
  • 1 The Grim Captain's Locker
  • 1 The Indomitable
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Timestream Navigator
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Warkite Marauder
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Zara, Renegade Recruiter