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Even with the Companion nerf, I wonder what a Pirate Stompy list would look like with Yorion as companion - lots of ETB triggers that can snowball quickly into something stupid.

Maybe even a a...

Except it does depend if your beaters can actually disrupt or increase consistency, too.

While being hard on the mana, Skyship Plunderer does seem interesting with Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas - it...

But all of those can be played off a Cavern naming Human. There's no reason to invest too heavily into the pirate theme.

As soon as your opponent has mana, they're extremely overcosted, underwhelming creatures.

Is it really the Pirates that are good? Or is it that the other components that win the games mostly, e.g....

UB is hardly and issue so far as Hostage Taker can be cast of Cavern and Dimir Signet helps with the casting cost as well.

Vial doesn't work in this deck. The tax pirates are 3, 4, 5 CMC - that...

Mana Breach

Sounds pretty interesting in terms of mana denial, especially against decks that cast tons of cantrips. But given how mana-intensive this kind of Stompy deck is, I don't know if it's...

Thorn + Tide seems like a nonbo. Who wants to spend 5 or 6 mana to cast a Tide? Trinisphere would fit better if you really want to go with that route.

I do like Hostage Taker so far, but I wouldn't rule out other colors yet.

This may sound heretical, but I would strongly suggest to cut Siren's Ruse. Sure, the ability to 2-for-1 your opponent is...

Maybe if they go wide. And the better question: How do you access the Tabernacle? Expedition Map is a no-go due to Chalice.


The mana consistency would definitely suffer. White would offer both...

Thanks

My impressions on the deck so far:
- You want more Hostage Takers - creature "removal" and allows reusing old pirates. Great card, despite the mana cost.
- Saprazzan Skerry is very meh. I...

What does your sideboard look like? I'm currently testing a variation of your deck on Cockatrice.

After goldfishing a bit, the deck actually has another problem: The creature density isn't high enough between all those lockpieces.


19 lands only? Even with 3 Chrome Moxen, that land count is...

Hoodwink is old and busted, Skyship Plunderer/Thrummingbird + Parallax Tide/Tangle Wire are the new hotness.

Thrummingbird
Skyship Plunderer
Parallax Tide
Tangle Wire

The more I look into the idea, the more I like it. I'd really like to flesh this idea out, but I'm not to sure if this is still the...

That statement works in various ways.:rolleyes:


Given that people can ride a shitty pirate list to victory says alot about the format and how vulnerable it is once you can't play your...

I'll need to throw together a list later on, but the Parallax Tide spam really intrigues me. I wouldn't be suprised if it actually turned out to be broken as fuck and is exactly the thing we were...

That's a pretty lame outcome.

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That said, I'm not entirely convinced it was all for naught. Nobody even...

If Hostage Taker isn't the main combo piece, then the only other Pirate-related combo I can think about is Ruthless Knave + Marionette Master to dish out massive damage. Not sure how it would be set...

The MD is also confirmed UB, so Mono-Blue doesn't cut it.

Is it a infinite combo? Or does it just kill with a very large number?

Thinking about Hostage Taker again, it seems pretty good with Siren's Ruse, e.g.:

- T3 Hostage Taker, steal your opponent's two-drop (bonus points for being uncounterable from Cavern)
- T4 cast...

It makes sense as it can be removal and has potential to be a combo piece even after its errata.

THE LIST is coming. Hype!


Fair enough.

It only took 18 years to make Masques not suck. That's amazing in its own way.

Coldsnap already broke the format with Counterbalance, though.

The mana denial plan seems pretty weak so far. Fade Away seems interesting, though.