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Budget Pirates
Deck Size: 100
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Est deck cost: $70.00
Salt sum: 35.56
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Commander

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Don Andres, the Renegade

Each creature you control but don't own gets +2/+2, has menace and deathtouch, and is a Pirate in addition to its other types. Whenever you cast a noncreature spell you don't own, create two tapped Treasure tokens.

Creature
Don Andres, the Renegade (lcc) 6

Commander

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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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Anthem

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Captain Storm, Cosmium Raider

Whenever an artifact you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target Pirate you control.

Creature
Captain Storm, Cosmium Raider (lci) 227
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
Dire Fleet Neckbreaker

Attacking Pirates you control get +2/+0.

Creature
Dire Fleet Neckbreaker (rix) 156
Shared Animosity

Whenever a creature you control attacks, it gets +1/+0 until end of turn for each other attacking creature that shares a creature type with it.

Enchantment
Shared Animosity (lcc) 231
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

Anthem

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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 (drc) 52
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 (otc) 158
Cutthroat Negotiator

Parley — Whenever this creature attacks, each player reveals the top card of their library. For each nonland card revealed this way, you create a tapped Treasure token. Then each player draws a card.

Creature
Cutthroat Negotiator (moc) 40
Dimir Signet

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

Artifact
Dimir Signet (drc) 129
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
Izzet Signet

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

Artifact
Izzet Signet (blc) 278
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
Rakdos Signet

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

Artifact
Rakdos Signet (dsc) 250
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (tdc) 106

Ramp

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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
Bident of Thassa

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. {1}{U}, {T}: Creatures your opponents control attack this turn if able.

Artifact Enchantment
Bident of Thassa (blc) 162
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
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 (inr) 151
Fallen Shinobi

Ninjutsu {2}{U}{B} ({2}{U}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles the top two cards of their library. Until end of turn, you may play those cards without paying their mana costs.

Creature
Fallen Shinobi (otc) 226
Gonti, Lord of Luxury

Deathtouch When Gonti enters, look at the top four cards of target opponent's library, exile one of them face down, then put the rest on the bottom of that library in a random order. 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
Gonti, Lord of Luxury (otc) 135
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
Plargg and Nassari

At the beginning of your upkeep, each player exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card. An opponent chooses a nonland card exiled this way. You may cast up to two spells from among the other cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.

Creature
Plargg and Nassari (mat) 18
The Ruinous Powers

At the beginning of your upkeep, choose an opponent at random. Exile the top card of that player's library. Until end of turn, you may play that card and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it. When you cast a spell this way, its owner loses life equal to its mana value.

Enchantment
The Ruinous Powers (40k) 139

Draw

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Removal

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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 (otc) 153
Blood Money

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

Sorcery
Blood Money (lcc) 183
Captain Ripley Vance

Whenever you cast your third spell each turn, put a +1/+1 counter on Captain Ripley Vance, then it deals damage equal to its power to any target.

Creature
Captain Ripley Vance (cmm) 209
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 (drc) 48
Crafty Cutpurse

Flash When this creature enters, each token that would be created under an opponent's control this turn is created under your control instead.

Creature
Crafty Cutpurse (c21) 117
Dire Fleet Poisoner

Flash Deathtouch When this creature enters, target attacking Pirate you control gets +1/+1 and gains deathtouch until end of turn.

Creature
Dire Fleet Poisoner (rix) 68
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 (dsc) 78
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 (mb2) 137
Kitesail Larcenist

Flying, ward {1} When this creature enters, for each player, choose up to one other target artifact or creature that player controls. For as long as this creature remains on the battlefield, the chosen permanents become Treasure artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color" and lose all other abilities.

Creature
Kitesail Larcenist (lci) 61
Lethal Scheme

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) Destroy target creature or planeswalker. Each creature that convoked Lethal Scheme connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)

Instant
Lethal Scheme (pip) 185
Merchant Raiders

Whenever this creature or another Pirate you control enters, tap up to one target creature. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as you control this creature.

Creature
Merchant Raiders (lcc) 163
Negate

Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Negate (mom) 68
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
Terminate

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated.

Instant
Terminate (acr) 98
You Find Some Prisoners

Choose one — • Break Their Chains — Destroy target artifact. • Interrogate Them — Exile the top three cards of target opponent's library. Choose one of them. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.

Instant
You Find Some Prisoners (afr) 169

Removal

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Evasion

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Aqueous Form

Enchant creature Enchanted creature can't be blocked. Whenever enchanted creature attacks, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Enchantment
Aqueous Form (cmr) 56
Corsairs of Umbar

{2}{U}: Target Goblin, Orc, or Pirate can't be blocked this turn. Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, amass Orcs 3. (Put three +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)

Creature
Corsairs of Umbar (ltc) 19
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
Dreamcaller Siren

Flash Flying This creature can block only creatures with flying. When this creature enters, if you control another Pirate, tap up to two target nonland permanents.

Creature
Dreamcaller Siren (xln) 54
Fathom Fleet Captain

Menace Whenever this creature attacks, if you control another nontoken Pirate, you may pay {2}. If you do, create a 2/2 black Pirate creature token with menace.

Creature
Fathom Fleet Captain (lcc) 197
Storm Fleet Sprinter

Haste This creature can't be blocked.

Creature
Storm Fleet Sprinter (rix) 172

Evasion

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Theft

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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
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
Arcane Heist

You may cast target instant or sorcery card from an opponent's graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into their graveyard, exile it instead. Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)

Sorcery
Arcane Heist (otc) 13
Cunning Rhetoric

Whenever an opponent attacks you and/or one or more planeswalkers you control, exile the top card of that player's library. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.

Enchantment
Cunning Rhetoric (otc) 129
Etali, Primal Storm

Whenever Etali attacks, exile the top card of each player's library, then you may cast any number of spells from among those cards without paying their mana costs.

Creature
Etali, Primal Storm (fdn) 194
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
King Narfi's Betrayal

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Each player mills four cards. Then you may exile a creature or planeswalker card from each graveyard. II, III — Until end of turn, you may cast spells from among cards exiled with this Saga, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast those spells.

Enchantment
King Narfi's Betrayal (lcc) 272
Laughing Jasper Flint

Creatures you control but don't own are Mercenaries in addition to their other types. At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top X cards of target opponent's library, where X is the number of outlaws you control. Until end of turn, you may cast spells from among those cards, and mana of any type can be spent to cast those spells.

Creature
Laughing Jasper Flint (otj) 215
Nightveil Specter

Flying Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles the top card of their library. You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled with this creature.

Creature
Nightveil Specter (gtc) 222
Outrageous Robbery

Target opponent exiles the top X cards of their library face down. You may look at and play those cards for as long as they remain exiled. If you cast a spell this way, you may spend mana as though it were mana of any type to cast it.

Instant
Outrageous Robbery (mkm) 97
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
Siphon Insight

Look at the top two cards of target opponent's library. Exile one of them face down and put the other on the bottom of that library. You may play the exiled card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell. Flashback {1}{U}{B}

Instant
Siphon Insight (otc) 242
Stolen Strategy

At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of each opponent's library. Until end of turn, you may cast spells from among those exiled cards, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast those spells.

Enchantment
Stolen Strategy (pip) 192
Thief of Sanity

Flying Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, look at the top three cards of that player's library, exile one of them face down, then put the rest into their graveyard. 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
Thief of Sanity (otc) 243
Thieving Amalgam

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, you manifest the top card of that player's library. (Put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.) Whenever a creature you control but don't own dies, its owner loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Creature
Thieving Amalgam (otc) 150
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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Land

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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 (who) 261
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (pip) 259
Crumbling Necropolis

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

Land
Crumbling Necropolis (lcc) 326
Dimir Aqueduct

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {U}{B}.

Land
Dimir Aqueduct (2x2) 322
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (pip) 264
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 (who) 279
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (dft) 281
Izzet Boilerworks

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {U}{R}.

Land
Izzet Boilerworks (2x2) 326
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (dft) 288
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 (pip) 279
Rakdos Carnarium

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {B}{R}.

Land
Rakdos Carnarium (2x2) 329
Seething Landscape

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Cycling {U}{B}{R} ({U}{B}{R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Seething Landscape (mh3) 225
Smoldering Marsh

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

Land
Smoldering Marsh (pip) 292
Sunken Hollow

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

Land
Sunken Hollow (pip) 296
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (dft) 285
Temple of Malice

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Temple of Malice (pip) 307

Land

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