Pirate EDH

Commander / EDH Multiplayer Theme/Gimmick UB (Dimir)

Myomoto

Land (39)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Bad River
• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dreadship Reef
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x High Market
• 8x Island
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Nephalia Drownyard
• 1x Piranha Marsh
• 1x Rishadan Port
• 1x River of Tears
• 1x Saprazzan Cove
• 1x Soaring Seacliff
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Blatant Thievery
• 1x Bribery
• 1x Reap the Seagraf
• 1x Stolen Goods
• 1x Treasure Hunt

Creature (24)

• 1x Alluring Siren
• 1x Bane Alley Broker
• 1x Captain of the Mists
• 1x Cloud Pirates
• 1x Dandan
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Deep-Sea Kraken
• 1x Empress Galina
• 1x Hammerhead Shark
• 1x Kukemssa Pirates
• 1x Lorthos, the Tidemaker
• 1x Man-o'-War
• 1x Master Thief
• 1x Merfolk Assassin
• 1x Pirate Ship
• 1x Rishadan Brigand
• 1x Rishadan Cutpurse
• 1x Rishadan Footpad
• 1x Skeleton Ship
• 1x Stormtide Leviathan
• 1x Sygg, River Cutthroat
• 1x Thada Adel, Acquisitor
• 1x Trench Gorger
• 1x Wrexial, the Risen Deep

Artifact (8)

• 1x Avarice Totem
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Explorer's Scope
• 1x Lux Cannon
• 1x Mystic Compass
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x War Barge

Commander (1)

Enchantment (15)

• 1x Abduction
• 1x Charisma
• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Confiscate
• 1x Conjured Currency
• 1x Flood
• 1x Fool's Demise
• 1x Greed
• 1x Legacy's Allure
• 1x Spreading Seas
• 1x Take Possession
• 1x Trade Routes
• 1x Treasure Trove
• 1x Underworld Connections
• 1x War Tax

Instant (8)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Memory Plunder
• 1x Opportunity
• 1x Piracy Charm
• 1x Ray of Command
• 1x Submerge
• 1x Tidal Wave

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Creature (9)

• 1x Carnivorous Death-Parrot
• 1x Denizen of the Deep
• 1x Ghost Ship
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Sea Scryer
• 1x Seahunter
• 1x Spawnbroker
• 1x Tandem Lookout
• 1x Vodalian Serpent

Land (1)

• 1x Polluted Delta

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Denying Wind
• 1x Devastation Tide
• 1x Piracy
• 1x Prosperity
• 1x Ransack
• 1x Stolen Identity
• 1x Tidal Surge

Artifact (2)

• 1x Jinxed Idol
• 1x Mercadian Atlas

Instant (4)

• 1x Desertion
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Moonlight Bargain
• 1x Murderous Spoils

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Night Dealings
• 1x Quest for Ula's Temple
• 1x Steal Artifact

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My attempt at building a somewhat functional pirate theme deck.

General strategy for the deck somewhat depends on what you manage to steal throughout the game, but the general idea is to play semi-defensively until you can bring out 1 or more of the giant sea creatures to finish the job. However there is still a few interactions in this deck:

Mystic Compass ensures all your islandwalkers can get in and it helps cast Submerge for free.

Rishadan Port works well with any of the 3 "Rishadan pirates" (just force an opponent to tap a land in your first main phase and then cast a pirate in your second main phase, so he can't tap for mana in response when you use the Port).

War Barge allows you to (somewhat) decide who gets to attack or not if Stormtide Leviathan is in play (good for politics), it's also part of the classic War Barge + Merfolk Assassin combo. In a pinch it also works with Lux Cannon by shoving a bunch of your opponent's creatures onto the barge and then sinking it with the cannon.

Deadeye Navigator can be quite nasty with either of the 3 "Rishadan pirates" or Man-o'-War / Master Thief , and provides good protection from spot removal overall (you can flicker the Navigator to pair him with any of your creatures, which you can then flicker to dodge anything that targets them).

Charisma combos well with Pirate Ship and Ramirez DePietro himself.

Trade Routes naturally combos with any of the Zendikar "spell lands" (Bojuka Bog, Halimar Depths, Soaring Seacliff , and Piranha Marsh ), and it also helps you get black mana from River of Tears (remember, it produces black the turn it enters the battlefield).

Captain of the Mists helps charge the Lux Cannon for another shot quicker, and is generally very useful (also works similar to Rishadan Port ).

Expedition Map + Academy Ruins sets you up for all the lands you could ever need.

Avarice Totem is great if your opponents don't have anything to use your artifact stealing effects on, since it let's you steal something, and then steal back the totem.

PS: Remember to shout "land, ho!" whenever you get a land from Explorer's Scope!

Top Ranked	Achieved #3 position overall 11 years ago
Date added	12 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 22 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.79
Tokens	Wall 5/5 U, Zombie 2/2 B
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