pirates by freescans5

Format: Commander

Commander: Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator and Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Malcolm and Kediss form a fast Pirate-tribal mana engine: once both are out, a single unblocked Malcolm hit deals damage to every opponent, creating three Treasures per turn. Those Treasures either pump Malcolm through Captain Storm or Gemcutter Buccaneer for a one-commander 21-damage kill, or fuel a giant Crackle with Power. Secondary plans are theft (Treachery, Lay Claim, Blatant Thievery, Coercive Recruiter), pirate card advantage (Breeches, Kindred Discovery), and an overloaded Rise and Shine surprise. There is no true combo; the deck trades in incremental board pressure, interaction, and explosive treasure turns, with Breeches as a hidden-commander-style payoff in the 99.

Decklist (106 cards)

  • 1 Admiral's Order
  • 1 Blatant Thievery
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Breeches, Brazen Plunderer
  • 1 Breeches, Eager Pillager
  • 1 Broadside Bombardiers
  • 1 Captain Lannery Storm
  • 1 Captain Storm, Cosmium Raider
  • 1 Captain Vargus Wrath
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chart a Course
  • 1 Coercive Recruiter
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corsair Captain
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Crafty Cutpurse
  • 1 Deadeye Quartermaster
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Departed Deckhand
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Emberwilde Captain
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fanatical Firebrand
  • 1 Fateful Discovery
  • 1 Gemcutter Buccaneer
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Hornswoggle
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 1 Impulsive Pilferer
  • 1 Insurrection
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Kari Zev, Skyship Raider
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kitesail Larcenist
  • 1 Krark-Clan Ironworks
  • 1 Lay Claim
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lightning-Rig Crew
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Lookout's Dispersal
  • 1 Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Merchant Raiders
  • 1 Molten Echoes
  • 12 Mountain
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Pirate's Prize
  • 1 Pirated Copy
  • 1 Plundering Pirate
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Port Razer
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reckless Lackey
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rise and Shine
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sailor of Means
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Siren Stormtamer
  • 1 Siren's Ruse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectral Sailor
  • 1 Spell Swindle
  • 1 Staunch Crewmate
  • 1 Steal Enchantment
  • 1 Sticky Fingers
  • 1 Storm Fleet Sprinter
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 The Indomitable
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Treachery
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Warkite Marauder
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak
  • 1 Wily Goblin
  • 1 Winged Words