Argy

Hey, its sad you think Fathom Fleet Captain isn't making a difference as you hoped. I have been playtesting the deck too and i can see that i have problems with the guy too. It almost feels shackling with him since i hold off resources to make several pirates and I don't get many chances to use it. I don't think it is that bad but you have your reasons. I was hoping i could convince you to not use Desperate Castaways for its replacement. Id prefer Storm Fleet Aerialist . My reasons are that it doesn't have any attacking restrictions, its flying, it has the ability to be a 2/3 like the castaways and it can still crew the harvester. It's entirely up to you but i just wanted to recommend it. Hope it works out.

Argy

You know whats interesting? You use Storm Fleet Aerialist and if you replace Ruin Raider with Siren Lookout (which is a card draw in it's self with explore and uses Siren's Ruse to do it again) Aside from Hostage taker, you basically have all fliers even with the artifacts... It makes me want to recommend fitting Favorable Winds in this deck at that point... Just a thought.

Please link cards like this in future, so I can more easily see what you are saying.

Storm Fleet Aerialist

I don't need another 1/2 Flier in the 2 drop slot.

Kitesail Freebooter is weak as it is, the only advantage being that it can grab a card on the way in.

Siren Lookout is even worse value. Another 1/2 Flier that MIGHT get you card draw ONCE, and costs ?

No thanks.

There is no way in HELL that I would waste Siren's Ruse on flickering it, when I get so much value when using it to flicker Hostage Taker, or Dreamcaller Siren.

It's VERY sad that you can't see the value of Desperate Castaways, which has strengthened the deck so much.

Terrific for early defense, and the extra copy of Aethersphere Harvester sees it ready to attack on Turn 3, most of the time.

I'm going to ask you to hold off Commenting on this deck for a while.

In the past couple of days you've made FIVE Comments, which is a lot, and you seem to be ignoring the reasons I've given in the Description for my card choices.

My partner StuBi and I have been playtesting this deck irl and it's working very well.

That's a very different situation than playtesing against oneself.

Argy

It's totally cool. Just my 2 cents. Again, hope it turns out well.

I typoed above.

This is what I meant to say:

"Siren Lookout is even worse value. Another 1/2 Flier that MIGHT get you card draw ONCE, and costs MORE."

Great list! Not too much for me to suggest that you don't seem to be considering already. Have you been having success with this in Standard?

JakeHarlow it's been playing OK in Standard. Nothing worth reporting at this stage.

We keep making tweaks to improve it, and they have made a difference.

With Search for Azcanta  ^Flip in the mix it should do much better. Lack of good Scry/Draw options has been holding it back a bit.