Thieves and Beggars

Commander / EDH Budget Pirate Treasure UR (Izzet)

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Creature (26)

• 1x Academy Manufactor
• 1x Angrath's Marauders
• 1x Breeches, Brazen Plunderer
• 1x Breeches, Eager Pillager
• 1x Captain Lannery Storm
• 1x Coercive Recruiter
• 1x Cutthroat Negotiator
• 1x Enterprising Scallywag
• 1x Etali, Primal Storm
• 1x Fathom Fleet Swordjack
• 1x Gemcutter Buccaneer
• 1x Hedron Detonator
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Ingenious Artillerist
• 1x Magda, Brazen Outlaw
• 1x Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
• 1x Merchant Raiders
• 1x Oaken Siren
• 1x Port Razer
• 1x Reckless Fireweaver
• 1x Saheeli, the Sun's Brilliance
• 1x Siren Stormtamer
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1x The Omenkeel  ^Flip
• 1x Treasure Nabber
• 1x Zara, Renegade Recruiter

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Chart a Course
• 1x Mass Mutiny
• 1x Mizzium Mortars
• 1x Open Into Wonder
• 1x Pirate's Prize
• 1x Reshape
• 1x Visions of Ruin

Land (33)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Frostboil Snarl
• 7x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Izzet Guildgate
• 1x Mines of Moria
• 10x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Silverbluff Bridge
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Thriving Bluff
• 1x Thriving Isle
• 1x Unclaimed Territory

Instant (9)

• 1x Admiral's Order
• 1x Cathartic Pyre
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Chef's Kiss
• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Electrodominance
• 1x Lookout's Dispersal
• 1x Spell Swindle
• 1x Swerve

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Aqueous Form
• 1x Arcane Adaptation
• 1x Curse of Opulence
• 1x Military Intelligence
• 1x Reconnaissance Mission
• 1x Shiny Impetus

Commander (1)

Artifact (16)

• 1x Animation Module
• 1x Beamtown Beatstick
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Diamond Pick-Axe
• 1x Dowsing Device  ^Flip
• 1x Encroaching Mycosynth
• 1x Hoard Hauler
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x RMS Titanic
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Subterranean Schooner
• 1x The Belligerent
• 1x The Indomitable
• 1x Treasure Chest
• 1x Treasure Map  ^Flip
• 1x Weatherlight

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Saheeli Rai

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"Yo, Ho Haul Together, Hoist the Colours High / Heave Ho, Thieves and Beggars, Never Shall We Die!"

Welcome to my Artifacts-Matter Pirates deck, led by Captain Storm, Cosmium Raider and her crew!

Introduction

The synergy of the deck is based on what Pirates love the most: getting shiny objects, burning, and stealing. The deck is filled with cards like Cutthroat Negotiator or Gemcutter Buccaneer that create treasure tokens, others like Breeches, Brazen Plunderer or Treasure Nabber that steal cards from your opponents, and others like Cathartic Pyre and Mizzium Mortars that deal burn damage. Because Captain Storm, Cosmium Raider really cares about her artifacts, the deck is full of them, especially vehicles. After all, what are pirates without their ships?

Strategy

This deck has a wincon with no frills:

• You cast artifacts and make treasures. This triggers Captain Storm, Cosmium Raider's ability and buffs your pirates, and it allows you to deal ping damage to all your opponents with cards like Hedron Detonator, Ingenious Artillerist, and Reckless Fireweaver. With Encroaching Mycosynth all your cards become artifacts.

• Your opponents will also very willingly and cheerfully donate you their best cards from their deck, hand, or battlefield, to assist you in your piracy endeavours. This will be facilitated by cards like Breeches, Brazen Plunderer, Coercive Recruiter, or Zara, Renegade Recruiter. Cards like Herald of Secret Streams, Thassa, God of the Sea, or Aqueous Form will make your crew unblockable. After all, pirates don't play by the rules!

• In this way, your crew of thieves, beggars, and captured scum, buffed by their Captain and made unblockable, will be ready to raid your already weakened and burnt foes and send them to Davy Jones's locker!

Combos

There are some infinite combos in this deck, but because most of them don't involve my commander, it is unlikely they will be played very often. Anyway Arcane Adaptation + Hedron Detonator + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator , Arcane Adaptation + Ingenious Artillerist + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator , and Arcane Adaptation + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Reckless Fireweaver can ping opponents to lethal.

Among the non-infinite combos, one that can be useful to go wide (especially for crewing vechicles and for chump blocking) and quickly buff your pirates is Animation Module + Captain Storm, Cosmium Raider . This is also the basis for Animation Module + Captain Storm, Cosmium Raider + Reckless Fireweaver , Animation Module + Captain Storm, Cosmium Raider + Ingenious Artillerist , and Animation Module + Captain Storm, Cosmium Raider + Hedron Detonator , which can be used to deal significant burn damage to your opponents.

In conclusion, this is a fun deck that you can build with a low budget (I built it with 30£) and that will allow you to bring some marauding and piracy spirit to the table. If you liked what you saw, don't forget to upvote the deck, and if you have any comment or suggestion, I would be very happy to read them!

Date added	2 months
Last updated	3 weeks
Key combos	Saheeli Rai + Timestream Navigator Arcane Adaptation + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Reckless Fireweaver Arcane Adaptation + Ingenious Artillerist + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator Animation Module + Captain Storm, Cosmium Raider Arcane Adaptation + Hedron Detonator + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator Saheeli, the Sun's Brilliance + Timestream Navigator Reckless Fireweaver + Saheeli, the Sun's Brilliance + Timestream Navigator Ingenious Artillerist + Saheeli, the Sun's Brilliance + Timestream Navigator Animation Module + Captain Storm, Cosmium Raider + Reckless Fireweaver Animation Module + Captain Storm, Cosmium Raider + Ingenious Artillerist Animation Module + Captain Storm, Cosmium Raider + Hedron Detonator
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.07
Tokens	Clue, Copy Clone, Food, Gold, Servo 1/1 C, Treasure