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The Admiral and her Subterranean Crew
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $106.05
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Commander

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Admiral Brass, Unsinkable

When Admiral Brass enters, mill four cards. At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may return target Pirate creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. It has base power and toughness 4/4. It gains haste until end of turn. (If a creature with a finality counter on it would die, exile it instead.)

Creature
Admiral Brass, Unsinkable (lcc) 1

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Broadside Bombardiers

Menace, haste Boast — Sacrifice another creature or artifact: This creature deals damage equal to 2 plus the sacrificed permanent's mana value to any target. (Activate only if this creature attacked this turn and only once each turn.)

Creature
Broadside Bombardiers (lcc) 86
Dire Fleet Ravager

Menace, deathtouch When this creature enters, each player loses a third of their life, rounded up.

Creature
Dire Fleet Ravager (otc) 132
Enterprising Scallywag

At the beginning of your end step, if you descended this turn, create a Treasure token. (You descended if a permanent card was put into your graveyard from anywhere.)

Creature
Enterprising Scallywag (lci) 148
Francisco, Fowl Marauder

Flying Francisco can't block. Whenever one or more Pirates you control deal damage to a player, Francisco explores. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Francisco, Fowl Marauder (lcc) 81
Gemcutter Buccaneer

Whenever this creature or another Pirate you control enters, create a tapped Treasure token. Treasures you control are Equipment in addition to their other types and have "Equipped creature gets +2/+0," equip Pirate {1}, and equip {3}.

Creature
Gemcutter Buccaneer (lcc) 87
Greedy Freebooter

When this creature dies, scry 1 and create a Treasure token. (To scry 1, look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom. A Treasure token is an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Greedy Freebooter (lci) 109
Oaken Siren

Flying, vigilance {T}: Add {U}. Spend this mana only to cast an artifact spell or activate an ability of an artifact source.

Creature Artifact
Oaken Siren (lci) 66
Skeleton Crew

Each other creature you control that's a Skeleton or Pirate gets +1/+1. Whenever one or more creature cards leave your graveyard, create a 2/2 black Skeleton Pirate creature token. (This ability triggers only from the battlefield.) {5}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Creature
Skeleton Crew (lcc) 85
Spyglass Siren

Flying When this creature enters, create a Map token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery.")

Creature
Spyglass Siren (lci) 78
Storm Fleet Negotiator

Flying Parley — Whenever this creature attacks, each player reveals the top card of their library. For each nonland card revealed this way, you create a Map token. Then each player draws a card. (A Map token is an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery.")

Creature
Storm Fleet Negotiator (lcc) 78

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Land

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Badlands

({T}: Add {B} or {R}.)

Land
Badlands (vma) 291
Cascade Bluffs

{T}: Add {C}. {U/R}, {T}: Add {U}{U}, {U}{R}, or {R}{R}.

Land
Cascade Bluffs (blc) 297
Choked Estuary

As this land enters, you may reveal an Island or Swamp card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Choked Estuary (lcc) 322
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (lcc) 325
Crumbling Necropolis

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}, {B}, or {R}.

Land
Crumbling Necropolis (lcc) 326
Crypt of the Eternals

When this land enters, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Add {U}, {B}, or {R}.

Land
Crypt of the Eternals (hou) 169
Desolate Lighthouse

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{U}{R}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.

Land
Desolate Lighthouse (lcc) 327
Dismal Backwater

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Dismal Backwater (mom) 269
Exotic Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Land
Exotic Orchard (lcc) 329
Foreboding Ruins

As this land enters, you may reveal a Swamp or Mountain card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Foreboding Ruins (lcc) 330
Frostboil Snarl

As this land enters, you may reveal an Island or Mountain card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Frostboil Snarl (lcc) 332
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (lci) 396
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (lci) 400
Nephalia Drownyard

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{U}{B}, {T}: Target player mills three cards.

Land
Nephalia Drownyard (lcc) 344
Path of Ancestry

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Land
Path of Ancestry (lcc) 346
Rogue's Passage

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Rogue's Passage (lcc) 349
Secluded Courtyard

As this land enters, choose a creature type. {T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell of the chosen type or activate an ability of a creature source of the chosen type.

Land
Secluded Courtyard (lcc) 350
Smoldering Marsh

({T}: Add {B} or {R}.) This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Smoldering Marsh (lcc) 353
Sulfur Falls

This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Mountain. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Sulfur Falls (lcc) 354
Sunken Hollow

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Sunken Hollow (lcc) 355
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (lci) 398
Swiftwater Cliffs

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Swiftwater Cliffs (mom) 273
Unclaimed Territory

As this land enters, choose a creature type. {T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell of the chosen type.

Land
Unclaimed Territory (lcc) 366
Underground Sea

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.)

Land
Underground Sea (olgc) 2016EU
Volcanic Island

({T}: Add {U} or {R}.)

Land
Volcanic Island (prm) 95479
Waterfront District

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. {2}{U}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.

Land
Waterfront District (snc) 259
Xander's Lounge

({T}: Add {U}, {B}, or {R}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Xander's Lounge (snc) 260

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Sac Outlet

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Fain, the Broker

{T}, Sacrifice a creature: Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature. {T}, Remove a counter from a creature you control: Create a Treasure token. {T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Create a 2/1 white and black Inkling creature token with flying. {3}{B}: Untap Fain.

Creature
Fain, the Broker (otc) 133

Sac Outlet

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Anthem

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Dire Fleet Neckbreaker

Attacking Pirates you control get +2/+0.

Creature
Dire Fleet Neckbreaker (rix) 156

Anthem

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Draw

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Adéwalé, Breaker of Chains

When Adéwalé enters, reveal the top six cards of your library. Put an Assassin, Pirate, or Vehicle card from among them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. Whenever a Vehicle you control deals combat damage to a player, you may return this card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Adéwalé, Breaker of Chains (acr) 44
Arm-Mounted Anchor

Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has menace. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, draw two cards. Then discard two cards unless you discard a Pirate card. Equip {2}. This ability costs {2} less to activate if you have one or fewer cards in hand.

Artifact
Arm-Mounted Anchor (lcc) 99
Ballad of the Black Flag

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after IV.) I, II, III — Mill three cards. You may put a historic card from among them into your hand. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.) IV — Historic spells you cast this turn cost {2} less to cast.

Enchantment
Ballad of the Black Flag (acr) 13
Breeches, Brazen Plunderer

Menace Whenever one or more Pirates you control deal damage to your opponents, exile the top card of each of those opponents' libraries. You may play those cards this turn, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast those spells. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Breeches, Brazen Plunderer (lcc) 217
Costly Plunder

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. Draw two cards.

Instant
Costly Plunder (pw24) 14
Daring Saboteur

{2}{U}: This creature can't be blocked this turn. Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Creature
Daring Saboteur (lcc) 151
Distant Melody

Choose a creature type. Draw a card for each permanent you control of that type.

Sorcery
Distant Melody (lcc) 154
Faithless Looting

Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Flashback {2}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Faithless Looting (lcc) 225
Inverted Iceberg

Artifact
Inverted Iceberg // Iceberg Titan (lci) 60Inverted Iceberg // Iceberg Titan (lci) 60
Pilfered Plans

Target player mills two cards. Draw two cards.

Sorcery
Pilfered Plans (scd) 238
Reckless Lackey

First strike, haste {2}{R}, Sacrifice this creature: Draw a card and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Reckless Lackey (otj) 140
Tainted Indulgence

Draw two cards. Then discard a card unless there are five or more mana values among cards in your graveyard.

Instant
Tainted Indulgence (snc) 227
Windfall

Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

Sorcery
Windfall (lcc) 180

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Protection

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Siren Stormtamer

Flying {U}, Sacrifice this creature: Counter target spell or ability that targets you or a creature you control.

Creature
Siren Stormtamer (lcc) 171

Protection

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Sorcery

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Inspiration from Beyond

Mill three cards, then return an instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. Flashback {5}{U}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Inspiration from Beyond (fdn) 43

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Artifact

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Diamond Pick-Axe

Indestructible (Effects that say "destroy" don't destroy this artifact.) Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has "Whenever this creature attacks, create a Treasure token." (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Equip {2}

Artifact
Diamond Pick-Axe (lci) 143
The Everflowing Well

Artifact
The Everflowing Well // The Myriad Pools (lci) 56The Everflowing Well // The Myriad Pools (lci) 56
The Indomitable

Trample Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card. Crew 3 You may cast this card from your graveyard as long as you control three or more tapped Pirates and/or Vehicles.

Artifact
The Indomitable (lcc) 75

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Evasion

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Departed Deckhand

When this creature becomes the target of a spell, sacrifice it. This creature can't be blocked except by Spirits. {3}{U}: Another target creature you control can't be blocked this turn except by Spirits.

Creature
Departed Deckhand (lcc) 153
Warkite Marauder

Flying Whenever this creature attacks, target creature defending player controls loses all abilities and has base power and toughness 0/1 until end of turn.

Creature
Warkite Marauder (lcc) 179

Evasion

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (lcc) 299
Breeches, Eager Pillager

First strike Whenever a Pirate you control attacks, choose one that hasn't been chosen this turn — • Create a Treasure token. • Target creature can't block this turn. • Exile the top card of your library. You may play it this turn.

Creature
Breeches, Eager Pillager (lci) 137
Captain Lannery Storm

Haste Whenever Captain Lannery Storm attacks, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Whenever you sacrifice a Treasure, Captain Lannery Storm gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Creature
Captain Lannery Storm (lcc) 218
Corsair Captain

When this creature enters, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Other Pirates you control get +1/+1.

Creature
Corsair Captain (lcc) 149
Dimir Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {U}{B}.

Artifact
Dimir Signet (rvr) 256
Izzet Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {U}{R}.

Artifact
Izzet Signet (rvr) 261
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

Flying Whenever one or more Pirates you control deal damage to your opponents, you create a Treasure token for each opponent dealt damage. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator (lcc) 161
Pitiless Plunderer

Whenever another creature you control dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Pitiless Plunderer (lcc) 208
Ramirez DePietro, Pillager

When Ramirez DePietro enters, you lose 2 life and create two Treasure tokens. Whenever one or more Pirates you control deal combat damage to a player, exile the top card of that player's library. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled.

Creature
Ramirez DePietro, Pillager (lcc) 285
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (lcc) 313
The Belligerent

Whenever The Belligerent attacks, create a Treasure token. Until end of turn, you may look at the top card of your library any time, and you may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library. Crew 3

Artifact
The Belligerent (lci) 225

Ramp

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Theft

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Coercive Recruiter

Whenever this creature or another Pirate you control enters, gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. Until end of turn, it gains haste and becomes a Pirate in addition to its other types.

Creature
Coercive Recruiter (lcc) 222
Dire Fleet Daredevil

First strike When this creature enters, exile target instant or sorcery card from an opponent's graveyard. You may cast it this turn, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell. If that spell would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.

Creature
Dire Fleet Daredevil (lcc) 223
Zara, Renegade Recruiter

Flying Whenever Zara attacks, look at defending player's hand. You may put a creature card from it onto the battlefield under your control tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control. Return that creature to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Zara, Renegade Recruiter (lcc) 297

Theft

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Burn

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Angrath's Marauders

If a source you control would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals double that damage to that permanent or player instead.

Creature
Angrath's Marauders (lcc) 215

Burn

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Finisher

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Port Razer

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, untap each creature you control. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase. This creature can't attack a player it has already attacked this turn.

Creature
Port Razer (lcc) 230
Timestream Navigator

Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.) {2}{U}{U}, {T}, Put this creature on the bottom of its owner's library: Take an extra turn after this one. Activate only if you have the city's blessing.

Creature
Timestream Navigator (lcc) 178

Finisher

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Removal

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Admiral Beckett Brass

Other Pirates you control get +1/+1. At the beginning of your end step, gain control of target nonland permanent controlled by a player who was dealt combat damage by three or more Pirates this turn.

Creature
Admiral Beckett Brass (lcc) 264
Amphin Mutineer

When this creature enters, exile up to one target non-Salamander creature. That creature's controller creates a 4/3 blue Salamander Warrior creature token. Encore {4}{U}{U} ({4}{U}{U}, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Amphin Mutineer (mkc) 95
Blasphemous Act

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature on the battlefield. Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.

Sorcery
Blasphemous Act (lcc) 216
Blood Money

Destroy all creatures. For each nontoken creature destroyed this way, you create a tapped Treasure token.

Sorcery
Blood Money (lcc) 183
Chaos Warp

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Instant
Chaos Warp (lcc) 221
Don't Make a Sound

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}. If they do, surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

Instant
Don't Make a Sound (dsk) 49
Evacuation

Return all creatures to their owners' hands.

Instant
Evacuation (lcc) 156
Feed the Swarm

Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.

Sorcery
Feed the Swarm (lcc) 198
Hostage Taker

When this creature enters, exile another target creature or artifact until this creature leaves the battlefield. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell.

Creature
Hostage Taker (lcc) 271
Lookout's Dispersal

This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control a Pirate. Counter target spell unless its controller pays {4}.

Instant
Lookout's Dispersal (j22) 316
Prismari Command

Choose two — • Prismari Command deals 2 damage to any target. • Target player draws two cards, then discards two cards. • Target player creates a Treasure token. • Destroy target artifact.

Instant
Prismari Command (lcc) 279
Rakdos Charm

Choose one — • Exile target player's graveyard. • Destroy target artifact. • Each creature deals 1 damage to its controller.

Instant
Rakdos Charm (lcc) 284

Removal

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Tokens

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Kari Zev, Skyship Raider

First strike, menace Whenever Kari Zev attacks, create Ragavan, a legendary 2/1 red Monkey creature token. Ragavan enters tapped and attacking. Exile that token at end of combat.

Creature
Kari Zev, Skyship Raider (lcc) 227

Tokens

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Sideboard

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Forerunner of the Coalition

When this creature enters, you may search your library for a Pirate card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top. Whenever another Pirate you control enters, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature
Forerunner of the Coalition (rix) 72
Mary Read and Anne Bonny

Haste {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card. Whenever you discard an Island, Pirate, or Vehicle card, create a tapped Treasure token.

Creature
Mary Read and Anne Bonny (acr) 61
Nesting Grounds

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Move a counter from target permanent you control onto another target permanent. Activate only as a sorcery.

Land
Nesting Grounds (mh3) 302
Power Conduit

{T}, Remove a counter from a permanent you control: Choose one — • Put a charge counter on target artifact. • Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Artifact
Power Conduit (ncc) 376

Sideboard

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Deck Info

Deck stats

0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 13 cards
34 pips - 31 cards
38 mana - 36 cards
20 pips - 18 cards
28 mana - 28 cards
25 pips - 23 cards
31 mana - 29 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 13 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
9 mana - 8 cards
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{"ops":[{"insert":"Get pirates into graveyard. Bring ‘em back bigger. Looking to add artifact sub theme in future\n"}]}
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