Patrick — RenDon by Necromogg

Format: Commander

Commander: Don Andres, the Renegade

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

Don Andres, the Renegade commands a Grixis theft and Pirate aggro deck that converts opponents' cards into offensive firepower. The strategy focuses on establishing early acceleration through cheap mana rocks and Treasure generators like Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator, followed by deploying Don Andres on Turn 4. Once assembled, every creature stolen from opponents gains +2/+2, menace, and deathtouch, turning utility creatures and opposing threats into formidable evasive attackers. Noncreature theft cards generate two tapped Treasures upon casting, fueling subsequent multi-spell turns. Continuous theft engines such as Breeches, Brazen Plunderer, Laughing Jasper Flint, and Court of Locthwain generate substantial card flow by siphoning opposing decks. The deck applies lethal pressure around Turn 6 by overwhelming defenses with combat damage, accelerated by Shared Animosity or mass-theft sorceries like Mob Rule and Insurrection. While fragile to board wipes due to light protection, its deep redundancy and strong backup finishers ensure resilient mid-game momentum.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Admiral Beckett Brass
• 1 Agent of Treachery
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Black Market Connections
• 1 Breeches, Brazen Plunderer
• 1 Breeches, Eager Pillager
• 1 Broadside Bombardiers
• 1 Captain Lannery Storm
• 1 Captivating Crew
• 1 Choked Estuary
• 1 Coercive Recruiter
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Commander's Sphere
• 1 Corsair Captain
• 1 Court of Locthwain
• 1 Crumbling Necropolis
• 1 Cunning Rhetoric
• 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1 Desolate Lighthouse
• 1 Dimir Signet
• 1 Dire Fleet Daredevil
• 1 Domineering Will
• 1 Don Andres, the Renegade
• 1 Dream-Thief's Bandana
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Foreboding Ruins
• 1 Frostboil Snarl
• 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1 Gemcutter Buccaneer
• 1 Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1 Gonti, Night Minister
• 1 Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
• 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
• 1 Herald's Horn
• 1 Hostage Taker
• 1 Hurl Through Hell
• 1 Icon of Ancestry
• 1 Insurrection
• 7 Island
• 1 Izzet Signet
• 1 King Narfi's Betrayal
• 1 Kitesail Larcenist
• 1 Laughing Jasper Flint
• 1 Lethal Scheme
• 1 Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
• 1 Mob Rule
• 5 Mountain
• 1 Negate
• 1 Nephalia Drownyard
• 1 Nightscape Familiar
• 1 Outrageous Robbery
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Pitiless Plunderer
• 1 Plargg and Nassari
• 1 Port Razer
• 1 Port of Karfell
• 1 Prismari Command
• 1 Rakdos Charm
• 1 Rakdos Signet
• 1 Ramirez DePietro, Pillager
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Secluded Courtyard
• 1 Shared Animosity
• 1 Siphon Insight
• 1 Smoldering Marsh
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Sulfur Falls
• 1 Sunken Hollow
• 4 Swamp
• 1 Tasha, the Witch Queen
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 The Beast, Deathless Prince
• 1 The Indomitable
• 1 Thief of Sanity
• 1 Thieving Varmint
• 1 Thriving Bluff
• 1 Thriving Isle
• 1 Thriving Moor
• 1 Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
• 1 Tinybones, the Pickpocket
• 1 Unclaimed Territory
• 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1 Xanathar, Guild Kingpin
• 1 You Find Some Prisoners
• 1 Zara, Renegade Recruiter