Edward Kenway by katelynzimmer

Format: Commander

Commander: Edward Kenway

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 25

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis Pirate, Assassin, and Vehicle typal build led by Edward Kenway. Its primary game plan revolves around curving out low-cost, aggressive creatures such as Kari Zev, Skyship Raider, Mary Read and Anne Bonny, and Vehicles like Adrestia. On Turn 5, Edward Kenway enters the battlefield and converts tapped creatures and Vehicles into Treasure tokens at the end step, generating explosive mana and impulse card advantage when Vehicles connect. The deck transitions into a lethal threat on Turn 6 by deploying heavy combat finishers like Angrath's Marauders or Zara, Renegade Recruiter ahead of curve. Without infinite combos or fast mana, victory is achieved through traditional combat damage over three response cycles, concluding around Turn 9. The deck is supported by efficient spot removal and reactive counterspells, but remains vulnerable to board wipes and artifact destruction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Admiral Beckett Brass
  • 1 Admiral Brass, Unsinkable
  • 1 Admiral's Order
  • 1 Adrestia
  • 1 Adéwalé, Breaker of Chains
  • 1 Angrath's Marauders
  • 1 Apple of Eden, Isu Relic
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin Initiate
  • 1 Baleful Mastery
  • 1 Ballad of the Black Flag
  • 1 Battle Plan
  • 1 Bigfin Bouncer
  • 1 Bloodfell Caves
  • 1 Call of the Death-Dweller
  • 1 Captain Lannery Storm
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Coastal Piracy
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crafty Cutpurse
  • 1 Deadeye Plunderers
  • 1 Dire Fleet Daredevil
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Drowned Secrets
  • 1 Eagle Vision
  • 1 Edward Kenway
  • 1 Elaborate Firecannon
  • 1 Electrolyze
  • 1 Emberwilde Captain
  • 1 Essence Backlash
  • 1 Fatal Push
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Funeral Longboat
  • 1 Gemcutter Buccaneer
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Gorehorn Raider
  • 1 Gutless Plunderer
  • 1 Hostage Taker
  • 17 Island
  • 1 Izzet Charm
  • 1 Jackdaw
  • 1 Kari Zev, Skyship Raider
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Locke Cole
  • 1 Mary Read and Anne Bonny
  • 1 Mission Briefing
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Petty Larceny
  • 1 Pirate's Cutlass
  • 1 Prismari Charm
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Radiant Fountain
  • 1 Raiders' Karve
  • 1 Ramirez DePietro, Pillager
  • 1 Restart Sequence
  • 1 Roadside Reliquary
  • 1 Roshan, Hidden Magister
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Silumgar's Command
  • 1 Skyship Buccaneer
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectral Sailor
  • 1 Spellshock
  • 1 Staff of Eden, Vault's Key
  • 1 Stay Hidden, Stay Silent
  • 1 Strongbox Raider
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Unleash Fury
  • 1 Zara, Renegade Recruiter