Partners in Plunder (Budget)

Commander / EDH* Budget Casual Combo Midrange Partner Pirate Ramp UR (Izzet)

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Creature (22)

• 1x Cloud Pirates
• 1x Siren Stormtamer
• 1x Spectral Sailor
• 1x Wingcrafter
• 1x Daring Saboteur
• 1x Departed Deckhand
• 1x Dire Fleet Daredevil
• 1x Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
• 1x Lightning Mauler
• 1x Warkite Marauder
• 1x Captain Lannery Storm
• 1x Drift of Phantasms
• 1x Ghost of Ramirez DePietro
• 1x Glint-Horn Buccaneer
• 1x Lightning-Rig Crew
• 1x Storm Fleet Sprinter
• 1x Tandem Lookout
• 1x Anger
• 1x Merchant Raiders
• 1x Wonder
• 1x Coercive Recruiter
• 1x Port Razer

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Mystic Speculation
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Serum Visions
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Chart a Course
• 1x Solve the Equation
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Mystic Retrieval
• 1x Blatant Thievery
• 1x Blasphemous Act

Land (35)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Frostboil Snarl
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 12x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 6x Mountain
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Riverglide Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Training Center
• 1x Unclaimed Territory

Instant (16)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Dizzy Spell
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Izzet Charm
• 1x Negate
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Thrill of Possibility
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Fiery Cannonade
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Long-Term Plans
• 1x Learn from the Past

Commanders (2)

Artifact (8)

• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mask of Memory
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Bident of Thassa

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Curiosity
• 1x Sigil of Sleep
• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Ophidian Eye
• 1x Shared Animosity
• 1x Reconnaissance Mission

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Creature (16)

• 1x Daring Saboteur
• 1x Ghostly Pilferer
• 1x Kari Zev, Skyship Raider
• 1x Skyship Plunderer
• 1x Storm Fleet Aerialist
• 1x Thieving Skydiver
• 1x Timestream Navigator
• 1x Hullbreacher
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Protean Raider
• 1x Amphin Mutineer
• 1x Captivating Crew
• 1x Emberwilde Captain
• 1x Fathom Fleet Swordjack
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Zara, Renegade Recruiter

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils

Instant (14)

• 1x Artificial Evolution
• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Abrade
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Memory Lapse
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Snap
• 1x Thrill of Possibility
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Lookout's Dispersal
• 1x Valakut Awakening  ^Flip

Artifact (5)

• 1x Viridian Longbow
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Treasure Map  ^Flip
• 1x Sword of Light and Shadow

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Crab Umbra
• 1x Curious Obsession
• 1x Hermetic Study
• 1x Aggravated Assault
• 1x Back to Basics
• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Molten Echoes

Sorcery (6)

• 1x By Force
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Open Into Wonder
• 1x Tormenting Voice
• 1x Echo of Eons

Land (3)

• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Fiery Islet
• 1x Spirebluff Canal

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Budget Izzet midrange Pirates featuring Partners Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator and Breeches, Brazen Plunderer . Malcolm and Breeches have unique abilities since any Pirate who does damage to an opponent triggers them. This damage can be from combat damage to an opponent, but it doesn't have to be; the damage can come from any Pirate damage to an opponent effect. With these two partnered with Pirates can make a lot of value.

Pirates who have an effect that does damage to each opponent are good with Malcolm and Breeches since they trigger for each opponent who is dealt damage. Glint-Horn Buccaneer and Lightning-Rig Crew are the main win condition Pirates because of this interaction. Before being win conditions these Pirates can be ramp engines with Malcolm and lots of exile of opponent's cards with Breeches.

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The Combos

• Glint-Horn Buccaneer + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator = lethal damage to opponents.
• Freed from the Real + Lightning-Rig Crew + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator = lethal damage to opponents.
• Glint-Horn Buccaneer + Tandem Lookout at Cleanup step = lethal damage to opponents. Curiosity or Ophidian Eye can be alternatives for Lookout.

Learn more about each of these combos below.

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Buccaneer Combos

• With 2 or more opponents: Glint-Horn Buccaneer + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator = draw/discard the rest of my library and do lethal damage to each opponent.

Buccaneer + Malcolm is the main reason right now to be playing Pirates in Commander. This is a powerful two card combo that's also budget. The treasures Malcolm creates are used to repeatedly pay to activate Buccaneer and I can win in the middle of combat only needing as few as 40 cards in my library. When Buccaneer attacks I activate his ability; discard a card and this creates a number of treasures equal to the number of opponents I have. I sac 2 treasures and activate Buccaneer again which makes more treasures and repeat.

If I need to do more damage to opponents then there's cards left in my library then Learn from the Past can be cast during combat to allow me to keep activating Buccaneer. If I have 3 or more opponents then Malcolm makes infinite mana with treasures which can be sunk into Comet Storm as another win condition. Breeches, Brazen Plunderer can also be a win condition by exiling the rest of an opponent's library and is helpful if an opponent has more life than cards are left in their library/mana to put into Comet, but Breeches has to be on the battlefield before Buccaneer attacks.

• Glint-Horn Buccaneer + Curiosity / Ophidian Eye / Tandem Lookout at my Cleanup step = discard/draw the rest of my library and do lethal damage to each opponent.

This is a backup Buccaneer combo if Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator is disrupted. Buccaneer soulbond to Lookout or enchanted by Curiosity/Eye can be a win condition at my Cleanup step if I have 8 or more cards. Buccaneer with Lookout/Curiosity/Eye means each time I discard a card I draw a number of cards equal to the number of opponents I have. At the Cleanup step I must discard down to 7 cards in hand when I do this it triggers Buccaneer which then triggers Lookout/Curiosity/Eye. I don't leave the Cleanup step until I have 7 cards in hand; Lookout/Curiosity/Eye have me draw more cards which must be discarded before I leave the Cleanup step and each time I discard it triggers Buccaneer.

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Lightning-Rig Combos

• Lightning-Rig Crew + Freed from the Real + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator = lethal damage to each opponent.

Enchant Crew with Freed which lets me untap Crew to keep activating it's ability. When Crew does 1 damage to each opponent this makes a number of treasures equal to the number of opponents I have. If I have more than one opponent this makes lots of extra treasures. One treasure is used to pay for Freed which untaps Crew and repeat.

Viridian Longbow can equip to a Pirate to make it a pinger to replace Crew in the combo. Any pinger Pirate + Malcolm + Freed enchanted to the pinger makes the pinger a win condition because I only need Malcolm to create one treasure to untap the pinger with Freed and repeat. An equipped creature with Longbow lets me ping an opponent's creature which has nice interaction with Warkite Marauder when it attacks.

Lightning-Rig Crew is an example of a purely casual card that's busted with Malcolm and a Pirate theme. Crew soulbond to Tandem Lookout or enchanted by Curiosity / Ophidian Eye can be a draw engine since I draw cards equal the number of opponents I have. This interaction can be chainable as long as I draw and cast Pirates who can untap Crew. With Malcolm this is also a mana engine with treasures and the two combine to draw a ton of my library and cast a ton of cards or just draw Freed or Aggravated Assault to win. Add Breeches, Brazen Plunderer to exile a lot of cards from my opponents libraries and play/cast those cards.

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Kediss

Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator and Breeches, Brazen Plunderer are Pirate Commanders who have evasion which makes them more likely especially Malcolm to do combat damage to an opponent. With Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar Malcolm creates a number of treasures equal to the number of opponents I have. Breeches also triggers this way; making all my opponents exile the top card of their libraries. Other Pirates doing combat damage to opponents are less needed because of Kediss.

Malcolm and Breeches are both Commanders therefore each of them trigger Kediss when they do combat damage to a player. If both of them do combat damage to an opponent and I have 3 or more opponents then this interaction creates 6 or more treasures and exiles 6 or more cards from top of each opponent's library. These three together in my control can be lots of repeatable value each time either especially Malcolm does combat damage to an opponent.

If Malcolm or Breeches is soulbond to Tandem Lookout or enchanted by Curiosity / Ophidian Eye and does combat damage to an opponent then because of Kediss I draw a number of cards equal to the number of opponents I have.

Top Ranked	Achieved #26 position overall 3 years ago Achieved #21 position in Commander / EDH 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Budget 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Casual 3 years ago
Date added	3 years
Last updated	2 years
Key combos	Glint-Horn Buccaneer + Tandem Lookout Freed from the Real + Lightning-Rig Crew + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator Glint-Horn Buccaneer + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 20 - 0 Rares 33 - 0 Uncommons 27 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.57
Tokens	Manifest 2/2 C, Treasure
Folders	commander, Commander Legends Ideas, Eye Out for later, commanders to try, MAZOTES, Check it out, 3_Theme Pirate/The Sea