Pitiless Plunderer
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Format Legality
1v1 Commander Legal
Archenemy Legal
Arena Legal
Block Constructed Legal
Canadian Highlander Legal
Casual Legal
Commander / EDH Legal
Commander: Rule 0 Legal
Custom Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Freeform Legal
Gladiator Legal
Highlander Legal
Historic Legal
Historic Brawl Legal
Legacy Legal
Leviathan Legal
Limited Legal
Modern Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Pioneer Legal
Planar Constructed Legal
Planechase Legal
Quest Magic Legal
Vanguard Legal
Vintage Legal

Pitiless Plunderer

Creature — Human Pirate

Whenever another creature you control dies, create a colourless Treasure artifact token with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any colour." (Dying is being put into the graveyard from the battlefield. Tokens enter the graveyard before they cease to exist.)

Last_Laugh on Every Masochist Needs a Marchesa to Love Them

1 day ago

DarkKiridon My build probably isn't the home for it, but if you make a lot of treasures via Mahadi, Emporium Master, Pitiless Plunderer, etc. it may pan out. I just foresee a lot of answers you'd rather hold in hand for the right moment being forced at inopportune times so it doesn't "get wasted".

ermd on Oops! All female! Marchesa

1 month ago

I really like how thoughtful you drive into the matter. nice recommendations. agree on most of them.

Here is my unreasonable "but". They mostly miss my "female art" restriction for creature cards. E.g. that's why cards like SL Pitiless Plunderer did replace Mahadi, Emporium Master once.

Cormela, Glamour Thief is 4cmc and probably not good enough. She havn't had any chance to do anything yet thou. I'm totally on this one. But she's also dearly beloved. Can't get rid of her for now but I keep an eye on her.

Domineering Will is hot. no timing restriction. The creatures I steal just have to be non-attacking at the moment this spell resolves. simply attack afterwards. It always did way more than I could have asked for.

Sad Robot and Reins of Power might be good cuts. May- be Cormela too

Last_Laugh on Oops! All female! Marchesa

1 month ago

You are also correct, having too many 4 drops can be pretty awkward here so I'll help suggest a few cuts and lower cmc replacements.

Solemn Simulacrum - could be pretty much anything else. Satoru, the Infiltrator is one of the best draw engines Marchesa has ever seen.

Cormela, Glamour Thief - seems out of place. Gev, Scaled Scorch is another alternative source of +1+1 counters that I've had good results with so far.

Pitiless Plunderer - is probably the card I'm most tentative to suggest cutting. I was personally happier with Mahadi, Emporium Master coming down a turn earlier but have ultimately cut both personally.

Disciple of Bolas - Liliana's Standard Bearer is 1 mana cheaper, has flash, and will draw as many cards typically.

Domineering Will - is a cool card but not really the timing you're looking for since you get no window to attack, get a +1+1 counter on it, and make that theft permanent. Grim Haruspex is a possible replacement.

Reins of Power - You trade Marchesa as part of this swap so you can't make this theft permanent. Vigean Graftmage comes down before Marchesa, can immediately protect her with a +1+1 counter, and enables 2 sacrifices (itself +1 other) each turn for etb/death trigger abuse.

clayperce on The Glory of the Horde (Zurgo Ultra-Budget)

1 month ago

Deck_Building_Dude -
Thinking more about the Token doublers ... I could add them and comfortably maintain the deck's no-combo state if I dropped Pitiless Plunder. Plunder has been REALLY good so far, so I'm loath to cut it, but the doublers might be even better. I think it's at least worth taking some time to test.

Also wanted to mention that I over-generalized above. Stridehangar Automaton is a 3-card combo with Pitiless Plunderer and any Free Sac, but Forsaken Miner needs something like Goblin Bombardment for its trigger.

Cheers!

clayperce on The Glory of the Horde (Zurgo Ultra-Budget)

1 month ago

Deck_Building_Dude -
Thank you for all the kind words too ... but honestly, it was your earlier comment that set me on this path, so thank YOU!!!

Yeah, Martial Coup is definitely better for this deck. I think I must have been comparing it to other Mass Disruption options when I cut it, rather than comparing it to other Go Wide options ... derp!

Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon has been fine so far, but thanks much for the thought; I'll definitely keep an eye on her. FWIW, Mardu Siegebreaker is my current "Hmmmmmm ..." card, mostly becuase it's so inconsistent ... amazing with something like Mirkwood Bats on the board, but super-frustrating with a board full of Legendaries and Tokens!

The token doublers are GREAT, but I'm very consciously avoiding them in this deck, just because I hate accidental infinite combos (in case it's not obvious, Exalted Sunborn or Anointed Procession go infinte with Spawning Pit and Pitiless Plunder on the board). I mean, I'm absolutely happy to run infinite combos, but I just hate it when they happen accidentally in a lower-Bracket deck ... if I'm doing combos, I'm going all-in! :-)
Similarly, I'm not running Luminous Broodmoth (2-card combo with any Free Sac), Restoration Angel (2-card combo with Mardu Siegebreaker), Stridehangar Automaton or Forsaken Miner (3-card combos with Pitiless Plunderer and any Free Sac), or Aggravated Assault (3-card combo with Mardu Siegebreaker and Professional Face-Breaker).
All that said, I've REALLY been enjoying working on this deck though for my friend, so I think I'm almost certainly going to try building this as an all-in combo deck (at a higher Bracket and with a higher budget) for myself.

Fanatical Devotion is a fantastic card and I generally try to run both. But if I can only find room for one, it's almost always Reconnaissance. Partly because it always fits nicely on curve (especially with a 3-mana Commander), but mostly because I find the pseudo-Vigilance to be so useful in multi-player.

Great catch on Ashnod's Altar; I'm not sure why I trimmed it. It maybe combo'd with some card that's no longer there? Or was maybe a purely accidental cut? Either way, you'll see it back in the deck soon(tm)!

Good call on Thunder of Unity ... I'll force it into some test games (I seriously can't recall ever having cast it, lol) and form an opinion.

Thanks again for all the thoughtful and kind comments! And good luck (and good skill!) on your remaining finals!

Cheers!

Xtough on Prossh's Pit - EDH

2 months ago

Thank you for the upvotes and the suggestions! I will need to update the list as the deck has evolved as well (e.g. Culling Ritual ist now in it) and followed a similar path :) Regarding the token production: I only need Prossh for tokens. With Pitiless Plunderer and Black Market I can cast him multiple Times and this works pretty well...

zelous666 on Chatterfang and his loyal mighty cute troopers

3 months ago

Warren Soultrader is definitely not a reduced power level. I play a Chatterfang deck and that card often wins me the game. You're basically paying 1 life for a treasure token while getting an ETB and death trigger. With a creature that grants life on one of those you go infinite. Super synergy with this deck. The fact that it's not limited to once per turn and can be done on opponent's turns means it's one of the highest value cards you can put in this deck. I'm usually tutoring for it or Pitiless Plunderer.

theNeroTurtle on SemiBudget Sephiroth

5 months ago

I am surprised you aren't playing Pitiless Plunderer with this build. Treasure tokens off of creature sac.

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