B/R Pirate Aggro (Standard MTG Deck)

This deck is all about getting cheap pirates out with plenty of removal. This is meant as a more removal centered alternative to the mono black zombies deck that rotated out with shadows of innistrad. You're main focus is getting big, cheap creatures on the board, IE wanted scoundrels. The opponent shouldn't be able to deal with big cards like these early. You should look to mulligan to 3 land, that's cheap enough to run this deck and it has the instants to back you up during the fight. You want to make sure a decent amount of the deck is pirates and such as you want rowdey crew to be able to trigger. You want to use fatal push ALOT, keep it at 2 in mainboard and 3 in side, it really depends on how fast that deck is, but for sure you need to run 3 walk the planks and 1 in sideboard, dino decks will swarm you fast unless you use these and they are super effective. If you are worried about losing too many pirates from rowdy crew, adding in the 2 march of the drowned in a brilliant as it allows you to keep the pressure. vanquisher's banner is a must, you shouldn't have ANY non pirate creatures on the field, and in the late game this allows you to wipe the board by turn 5, especially if you have you're heavy bruisers like rowdy crew and wanted scoundrels.In the sideboard, if you are thinking of running hijack, instead run Kari Zev's Expertise, it is the exact same card, but allows you to cast a 2 mana spell without the cost, so it allows you to get an extra pirate out, as well as deal damage with an opponent's creature. But keep it in the side board as control decks will render this useless. A quick last note, you will need a playset of deadeye tracker, there can be alot of graveyard play with black still being good for graveyard after ixalan, so being able to get rid of 2 cards in the opponent's graveyard AND set up your next draw is very important. This card is a definite must.

first tapped out deck, been playing since theros and managed to top 8 in oath game day, feedback is appreciated.

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Update 1 — Sept. 24, 2017

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Removed from main board: 3x Wanted Scoundrels

Added: 3x Dire Fleet Captain

Sideboard changes: got rid of 1x vances blasting cannons and a dual set of creatures for 3x wanted scoundrels. The reason for this is if the opponent is running control, this allows for faster plays, but as mentioned by another person in comments, removal can affect your side of the board with this card in play.

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Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 19 - 10 Rares 15 - 3 Uncommons 6 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.52
Tokens	Pirate 2/2 B, Ragavan, Treasure
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