Skeleton Ship

Commander / EDH Theme/Gimmick Tribal UB (Dimir)

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Creature (30)

• 1x Crafty Cutpurse
• 1x Deadeye Brawler
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Deadeye Quartermaster
• 1x Deadeye Tormentor
• 1x Deadeye Tracker
• 1x Departed Deckhand
• 1x Dire Fleet Poisoner
• 1x Dire Fleet Ravager
• 1x Dreamcaller Siren
• 1x Fathom Fleet Captain
• 1x Forerunner of the Coalition
• 1x Hostage Taker
• 1x Kitesail Freebooter
• 1x Kukemssa Pirates
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Ramirez DePietro
• 1x Reef Pirates
• 1x Rishadan Brigand
• 1x Rishadan Cutpurse
• 1x Rishadan Footpad
• 1x Siren Lookout
• 1x Siren Stormtamer
• 1x Skyship Plunderer
• 1x Slippery Scoundrel
• 1x Storm Fleet Spy
• 1x Stormsurge Kraken
• 1x Talas Warrior
• 1x Timestream Navigator
• 1x Warkite Marauder

Land (36)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Darkslick Shores
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 16x Island
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave

Instant (9)

• 1x Admiral's Order
• 1x Capsize
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Hornswoggle
• 1x Lookout's Dispersal
• 1x Murder
• 1x Piracy Charm
• 1x Spell Swindle
• 1x Tragic Slip

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Dead Man's Chest
• 1x Dire Undercurrents
• 1x Larceny
• 1x Revel in Riches
• 1x Treasure Trove

Commander (1)

Artifact (9)

• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Explorer's Scope
• 1x Prying Blade
• 1x Silent Submersible
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip
• 1x Treasure Map  ^Flip
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner
• 1x Vedalken Shackles

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Blatant Thievery
• 1x Bribery
• 1x Chart a Course
• 1x Damnation
• 1x March of the Drowned
• 1x Pirate's Prize
• 1x Stolen Goods
• 1x Treasure Hunt
• 1x Walk the Plank

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Come sail the seas on the finest vessel the multiverse has ever seen, Skeleton Ship! She is crewed cutpurses and plunderers (and their loyal kraken) who will murder, bribe, or blatantly steal to achieve their goals. Over the course of their travels the crew has amassed a great volume of treasure and want nothing more than to successfully navigate the dire undercurrents to a safe port where they can revel in riches.

This is primarily a pirate ship flavor build. Tribal pirates was both the most flavorful way to build skeleton ship (a ship needs a crew) and the most coherent game plan to actually win a game. Sometimes curving impactful low drop pirates into a coat of arms will actually just win. The secondary flavor win condition is to build up a pile of treasure tokens and Revel in Riches.

Non-flavor win conditions mostly revolve around card advantage as there are a lot of draw effects for you and discard effects for your opponents. Pairing Deadeye Navigator with Rishadan Cutpurse, Rishadan Footpad, or Rishadan Brigand will lock out a game if not immediately dealt with. Finally an early game Bribery for something like an eldrazi lord can steal a game out of nowhere.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.23
Tokens	City's Blessing, Pirate 2/2 B, Treasure