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Commander / EDH* Casual Pirate UR (Izzet)

Gabolicious

Creature (25)

• 1x Roaming Throne
• 1x Captivating Crew
• 1x Coercive Recruiter
• 1x Corsair Captain
• 1x Cutthroat Negotiator
• 1x Dack's Duplicate
• 1x Dire Fleet Daredevil
• 1x Gemcutter Buccaneer
• 1x Impulsive Pilferer
• 1x Lightning-Rig Crew
• 1x Merchant Raiders
• 1x Nephalia Smuggler
• 1x Pirated Copy
• 1x Prosperous Pirates
• 1x Protean Raider
• 1x Sailor of Means
• 1x Siren Stormtamer
• 1x Sower of Temptation
• 1x Stunt Double
• 1x Zealous Conscripts
• 1x Breeches, Brazen Plunderer
• 1x Breeches, Eager Pillager
• 1x Captain Lannery Storm
• 1x Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
• 1x Thassa, Deep-Dwelling

Instant (13)

• 1x Act of Aggression
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Ghostly Flicker
• 1x Grab the Reins
• 1x Illusionist's Gambit
• 1x Izzet Charm
• 1x Negate
• 1x Prismari Command
• 1x Reverberate
• 1x Skred
• 1x You Find Some Prisoners

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Act of Treason
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Furnace Reins
• 1x Insurrection
• 1x Involuntary Employment
• 1x Mass Mutiny
• 1x Mob Rule
• 1x Pirate's Pillage
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Vandalblast

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Arcane Adaptation
• 1x Confiscate
• 1x Control Magic
• 1x Glacial Crevasses
• 1x Mirrormade

Commander (1)

Artifact (10)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Glaring Spotlight
• 1x Goldvein Pick
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Treasure Map  ^Flip

Land (36)

• 15x Snow-Covered Island
• 16x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Desolate Lighthouse
• 1x Rogue's Passage

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Creature (19)

• 1x Agent of Treachery
• 1x Boarding Party
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Dominus of Fealty
• 1x Emberwilde Captain
• 1x Glasspool Mimic  ^Flip
• 1x Glint-Horn Buccaneer
• 1x Hedron Detonator
• 1x Ingenious Artillerist
• 1x Mind Flayer
• 1x Molten Primordial
• 1x Radiant Performer
• 1x Renegade Doppelganger
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Storm Fleet Arsonist
• 1x Zephyr Singer
• 1x Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
• 1x Sakashima of a Thousand Faces

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Aqueous Form
• 1x Chamber of Manipulation
• 1x Crab Umbra
• 1x Day of the Dragons
• 1x False Demise
• 1x Fool's Demise
• 1x Hermetic Study
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Pemmin's Aura
• 1x Splinter Twin
• 1x Xenograft

Artifact (18)

• 1x Cold Storage
• 1x Fell Flagship
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Minion Reflector
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Mirror Box
• 1x Mirrorworks
• 1x Patchwork Banner
• 1x Pirate's Cutlass
• 1x Ring of Three Wishes
• 1x Sundial of the Infinite
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of the Paruns
• 1x Synod Sanctum
• 1x Vedalken Shackles
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x The Indomitable

Sorcery (16)

• 1x Blatant Thievery
• 1x Chart a Course
• 1x Fervent Mastery
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Hijack
• 1x Kindred Charge
• 1x Limits of Solidarity
• 1x Lose Calm
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Peer Pressure
• 1x Quasiduplicate
• 1x Raise the Palisade
• 1x Replication Technique
• 1x Shattering Spree
• 1x Traitorous Blood
• 1x Volcanic Hammer

Instant (12)

• 1x Abrade
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterflux
• 1x Fiery Cannonade
• 1x Long-Term Plans
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Siren's Ruse
• 1x Sublime Epiphany
• 1x Supplant Form
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Twincast

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This deck is my third, whipped together kind of quickly. I wanted to try to go outside my comfort zone, which usually consists of just making big creatures that swing hard. So I figured stealing other people's creatures to swing hard is at least a little jazzier! Most importantly, I wanted this to be a themed pirate deck that wouldn't immediately get me blown up by all my opponents, could pack a little punch, and be amusing while playing with my husband's friends.

The most prominent action in the deck is variants on Zara, Renegade Recruiter's theft ability - taking other players' creatures until the end of the turn. The second is making copies of things already on the board or spells. I have a few sources for Blink (Thassa, Deep-Dwelling, Conjurer's Closet, and Nephalia Smuggler) to keep some of those snatched creatures for myself. For removal once I've stolen, there's Ashnod's Altar and creating copies of Legendaries before the end of my turn. It's more of an aggro deck than I thought it would be, so I'm not leaning into the prevalence of extra combat phases in related cards, particularly in red. I care more about lovingly annoying my friends by taking their stuff than dominating the board.

That being said, I do know I have a couple "Goodstuff" cards, Cyclonic Rift being the most blatant. That's really just so I can try to stay in the game, as I don't expect to come anywhere near winning in a group, but that's not the goal here - I just want to have fun with it. To that end, I deliberately do NOT have Dockside Extortionist or Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer in the deck, even though both are, technically, very on-brand, both in type and mechanic.

Update

I took the deck to a Commander party and won both games I played with it. I still have some ideas of things I should swap out, but that felt pretty good. Zara was on the board about half the time, so that tells me the deck's synergy and functionality in the 99 is pretty solid. I closed out both games with her on the field, though, which makes sense - her evasiveness during combat really increases the efficacy. It makes me think perhaps I could add more evasiveness to my attacking creatures to bolster the 99, but for now, I'm happy with he deck's performance.

Date added	1 year
Last updated	2 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 32 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.25
Tokens	Copy Clone, Treasure