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Raise the anchor, hoist the mainsail, and set off with us for treasure and adventure on the high seas.
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I see decks very differently than most people. I know what suits my play style, and my local meta.
I don't follow deck building "formulas".
Think before making a suggestion. If you are going to insist up front that it is the ONLY thing that can make this deck better, or make snide comments about my choice of cards/theme, or if you are going to be a jerk in general, then save us both the trouble and just go away.
Do some research before pointing out that my cards aren't Standard legal.
I usually know What's In Standard
4x Duress
4x Essence Scatter
3x March of the Drowned
4x Negate
3x Vanquish the Weak
3x Walk the Plank
This deck has two themes:
Pirate Tribal.
Using Creatures and Vehicles as though they are also non-creature spells. Mostly to disrupt the Opponent.
PLAY TIPS
Dive Down can protect a Creature by making it Hexproof, or giving it greater Toughness. It is especially good against Ixalan's Binding.
Siren's Ruse can be used to protect a Creature, to allow Hostage Taker to steal another Creature, to flicker Dreamcaller Siren prior to Combat, or for card draw.
Early Game
Siren Stormtamer is your best Turn 1 play. It's not a waste in the late game, as it can then be used as a Counter spell.
Your best Turn 2 play is Kitesail Freebooter as it lets you see what your Opponent is holding, and grabs their most annoying non-creature spell, even if only for a while. Knowing what is in your Opponent's hand lets you play accordingly.
Walk the Plank is good for interrupting your Opponent's tempo from Turn 2 onwards.
Mid Game
Aethersphere Harvester should be cast ASAP as it is a good early blocker, while also allowing for some life gain.
Ruin Raider can provide some card draw to get you out of trouble, and can solo Crew Skysovereign, Consul Flagship in the late game. Be careful not to cast it if your life is low, as its trigger ability can easily make you lose the game.
Hostage Taker is the lynchpin of this deck. Use it to steal your Opponents Creatures AND MAKE THEM YOURS. Wish you were playing Dinos or Merfolk? Just take them from your Opponent.
Use Dreamcaller Siren to muck up your Opponent's Mid to Late game plans. Flash it in as soon as they move to Combat, and tap two of their heavy hitters. Alternatively, Flash it in prior to your Combat phase to give your Creatures a clear path to victory. It can also be used as a handy way to solo Crew Skysovereign, Consul Flagship.
Late Game
If you play Skysovereign, Consul Flagship you can deal 3 damage to either a Creature, or a Planeswalker. That can be enough to take the heat off. You can use it to slowly pick off smaller Creatures, every time it attacks.
The Scorpion God can be used to get a copy of either a dead Dreamcallwr Siren or Hostage Taker on the field, or to put copies of dead Opponent Creatures on your side.
Use Search for Azcanta to filter cards, and for late game draw. If you flip it you can play a second one, to both filter AND draw.
In testing I have discovered that it is often better NOT to flip Search for Azcanta , as Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin can put Creatures you need on the bottom of your library. To flip or not to flip is situational, except if you are able to flip, then play a second Search for Azcanta .You want to continually hold mana up at this stage of the game, in order to play Instants at opportune times, to activate the ability on Siren Stormtamer, or to draw through the ability of Search for Azcanta .
WIN CONDITIONS
Early damage with Siren Stormtamer, and Kitesail Freebooter.
Whacking the Opponent with their own Creatures, stolen by Hostage Taker or The Scarab God.
Flying damage from Aethersphere Harvester or Skysovereign, Consul Flagship.
LAND
Lands produce the same amount of and , as that is what is needed in the early game.
Aether Hub lets Aethersphere Harvester have another to use, and can also help to colour fix.
Fetid Pools help to colour fix, allow Drowned Catacomb to come in untapped, and can be Cycled for draw in the late game.
Scavenger Grounds can be sacced in response to the Opponent retrieving something from the Graveyard.
[ Formerly in this deck: Choose "Pirate" for Unclaimed Territory. You can then use it to cast every Creature. ]
Dispossess removes all copies of Torrential Gearhulk or God-Pharaoh's Gift from decks.
Fatal Push is one of the better Instants, at the moment. Sac Scavenger Grounds to trigger its Revolt ability.
Yahenni's Expertise lets you slow down decks that have gone wide.
4x Arguel's Blood Fast
4x Baral's Expertise
3x Chart a Course
3x Cobbled Wings
2x Contract Killing
3x Costly Plunder
2x Cradle of the Accursed
3x Daring Saboteur
3x Deadeye Plunderers
1x Deadeye Tracker
4x Depths of Desire
3x Dire Fleet Hoarder
4x Dive Down
4x Duress
2x Entrancing Melody
4x Essence Scatter
3x Fatal Push
3x Fathom Fleet Captain
1x Favorable Winds
2x Fell Flagship
3x Glimmer of Genius
3x Heartless Pillage
3x Lookout's Dispersal
3x March of the Drowned
3x Metallic Mimic
4x Negate
2x Opt
1x Panharmonicon
3x Prosperous Pirates
3x Revel in Riches
2x River's Rebuke
3x Ruthless Knave
1x Scrapheap Scrounger
1x Siren Lookout
3x Skullduggery
3x Spell Pierce
1x Storm Fleet Aerialist
1x Sword-Point Diplomacy
4x Unclaimed Territory
2x Untethered Express
3x Vanquisher's Banner
3x Vanquish the Weak
2x Vizier of Many Faces
3x Vraska's Contempt
3x Walk the Plank
4x Wanted Scoundrels
3x Yahenni's Expertise
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| Date added | 7 years |
| Last updated | 6 years |
| Legality | This deck is not Standard legal. |
| Rarity (main - side) | 4 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 11 Rares 6 - 4 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons |
| Cards | 60 |
| Avg. CMC | 2.41 |
| Tokens | Copy Clone, Energy Reserve, Pirate 2/2 B |
| Folders | Best shit, Ixalan - Standard, Other people's Standard 5.0, Interesting Standard Decks, XLN, For Garrett, MTG Decks, Ixalan Decks, Standard, Standard |
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