Izzet Pirates? It Iz! (Malcolm/Breeches Pirates)

Commander / EDH Aggro Infinite Combo Pirate UR (Izzet)

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Creature (27)

• 1x Amphin Mutineer
• 1x Captain Lannery Storm
• 1x Captain Vargus Wrath
• 1x Cloud Pirates
• 1x Coercive Recruiter
• 1x Corsair Captain
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Departed Deckhand
• 1x Dire Fleet Daredevil
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Glint-Horn Buccaneer
• 1x Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Kari Zev, Skyship Raider
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Lightning-Rig Crew
• 1x Magus of the Moon
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Pirated Copy
• 1x Port Razer
• 1x Protean Raider
• 1x Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
• 1x Siren Stormtamer
• 1x Spectral Sailor
• 1x Storm Fleet Sprinter
• 1x Warkite Marauder
• 1x Zara, Renegade Recruiter

Artifact (8)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Talisman of Creativity

Land (33)

• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Fiery Islet
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 8x Island
• 10x Mountain
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Riverglide Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Spirebluff Canal
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Training Center

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Aggravated Assault
• 1x Back to Basics
• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Curse of Opulence
• 1x Fervor
• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Rhystic StudyGC
• 1x Shared Animosity
• 1x Stolen Strategy

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Disrupt Decorum
• 1x GambleGC
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Wheel of Fate
• 1x Windfall

Commanders (2)

Instant (11)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic RiftGC
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Fierce GuardianshipGC
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Long-Term Plans
• 1x Mystical TutorGC
• 1x Swan Song

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Creature (2)

• 1x Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
• 1x Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar

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I really like these two, especially paired together. Besides Thalisse and Juri, they're probably my favorite commanders released in Legends. Especially with the two card combo of Glint-Horn Buccaneer and Malcolm. Losing the black from Beckett Brass drops the stronger tutors, but most of the best pirates were UR to begin with.

This deck aims for the aggressive side of things, but with a disruptive side- Pirates like Hullbreacher, Zara, Breeches, etc. like to snatch things like creatures or card draw from our opponents to clear the way for a crew of Captain Vargus Wrath-buffed creatures to swing in.

Malcolm lets us play a little smarter as well, with two infinite combos involving him-

Malcolm + Glint-Horn Buccaneer = near infinite damage. Pay the looting effect on Glint-Horn, it deals damage to the other players, and we get enough treasure tokens to activate it again. Repeat until everyone else is dead.

Malcolm also combos with Freed from the Reel + Lightning-Rig Crew. Enchant the Crew, tap it, deal damage, create treasure tokens. Use a token to pay Blue and untap the crew. Repeat. Opponents have been burned to death. With excess treasures to spare!

Unrelated to Malcolm, we also have two more combos-

Deadeye Navigator + Dockside Extortionist with three or more artifacts on the opponents' fields= Infinite mana. Just keep paying two of the treasures to repeatedly blink Extortionist to get more and more treasures. Feed it into a multi-kicked Comet Storm for a big blow-out.

Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Coercive Recruiter= Infinite hasty Recruiter tokens. Tap Kiki targeting Recruiter, create a copy of it. The copy triggers Recruiter and itself, steal a monster with one effect and untap Kiki with the other (and make him a pirate as well- not useful but hey, its flavorful).

Top Ranked	Achieved #13 position overall 5 years ago Achieved #12 position in Commander / EDH 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Aggro 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Infinite Combo 5 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 49 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.77
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Gold, Ragavan, Salamander Warrior 4/3 U, Treasure
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