POPEYE STOMPY (at least my mana-screwed version) IS a thing that can win in Legacy.
Here's the proof on XMage, and the decklist.
Note that in the first game, opponent has NO board at all turn 5!
I also had very competitive loss to D&T, Manaless Dredge and Elves.
http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/pirate-stompy-3/
I've built this for Premodern, does that count?
Decided to dust off Popeye Stompy for my weekly and went 2-1. Lost to Burn, beat Jund Plug and BR Reanimator. Highlights include...
- Assembled a turn 2 soft-lock of Kitesail Freebooter and Tangle Wire to tap down five of my opponent's permanents a turn
- Stole and cast a Titania, Protector of Argoth thanks to Hostage Taker
- Double Stone Rain my BR Reanimator opponent after Forcing his Exhume and then casting Rishadan Cutpurse followed by Siren's Ruse
List below, though it really hasn't been updated recently and the sideboard is a mess. One card I'm intrigued by to test is Mystical Dispute, since it gets around Chalice.
☠️ m a i n ☠️
4 Rishadan Cutpurse
3 Rishadan Footpad
2 Kitesail Freebooter
2 Hostage Taker
4 Skyship Plunderer
2 Parallax Tide
2 Hoodwink
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Tangle Wire
4 Siren's Ruse
4 Force of Will
1 Umezawa's Jitte
3 Chrome Mox
2 Cavern of Souls
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Saprazzan Skerry
4 Polluted Delta
2 Underground Sea
2 Island
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2 Sorcerous Spyglass
2 Flusterstorm
2 Trinisphere
3 Leyline of the Void
1 Helm of Obedience
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
2 Dismember
2 Kitesail Freebooter
4 Forerunner of the Coalition is tech.
Then you can run toolbox popeyes like Dreamcaller Siren, Hostage Taker, Dire Fleet Poisoner, and maybe even Admiral Beckett Brass (cast off Caverns mana).
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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 little white splash for Eldrazi Displacer/Soul Herder for extra hilarity.
With the Companion nerf, is this any better than just casting Ghostway for 5 less mana, or using Eldrazi Displacer?
Yorion requires having a lower probability to open with Sol Lands or Chalice, which automatically makes the stompy shell worse.
With new additions from recent set of Commander Legends, namely Hullbreacher and Azure fleet admiral, is there a chance of a revival of Pirate stompy?
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I was brewing this. Direfleet neck breaker is also good. With 2 legacy playable cards on their own (freebooter & hullbreacher) I think there is enough to justify a shell.
I have no particular list in mind, original one tried to expoited the opponent being tapped out, but with Hullbreacher could go more into timetwister combo, but then would that be more effective than karn echoes?
The monarch pirate may be useful I saw the black monarch in random monoblack brews played by ThrabenU, however if these are even a thing in legacy or still only reserved to poppa people (as would Julian say xD).
mom protecc
and she also attacc
but most importantly she 1cc
Well idk wut the list would look like, I threw this together:
4 Ancient Tomb
1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
4 Polluted Delta
1 Island
1 swamp
4 Underground Sea
4 Cavern of Souls
4 Chrome Mox
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Eliminate
4 Hostage Taker
4 Kitesail Freebooter
2 Fathom Fleet Captain
1 Departed Deckhand
2 Ruin Raider
2 Corsair Captain
4 chains of mephistopheles
4 hullbreacher
3 wheel and Deal
3 plague engineer
Sideboard
1 Plague Engineer
4 force of will
2 force of Phil
2 Dread of Night
4 leyline of the void
2 Brazen Borrower
ThrabenU went positive with Popeye Stompy!
Link: https://youtu.be/y5XlV5R3S-o
I wonder how much better that could be with a few tweaks...
If you're running a maindeck 2B non-Popeye, Opposition Agent seems good, leaving Plague for the SB.
Wheel and Deal looked pretty weak because 4-mana Mind Twist is slow and you're not drawing 7 yourself. How much better would Echo of Eons be? Echo would push you towards Karn, LED and Narset. Without committing so much to that plan, maybe Dark Deal? Whirlpool Warrior? Something that can draw you more than 1 card seems good.
Day's Undoing ending your turn hurts, but is it better to pass with 7 cards up than to have a main phase with treasures but no cards to cast? Drawing into FoW, instants like Eliminate, and flash creatures balances out the drawback of ending the turn. Your main phase is over, but they have no hand and you have a full grip of 7 cards with 7 Treasures. They get one draw step and one main phase, but you can do things on their turn. Seems better than Wheel.
With a Day's Undoing build...
//Lands: 20
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Cavern of Souls
4 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
4 Underground Sea
1 Island
1 Swamp
1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
//Artifacts: 8
4 Chrome Mox
4 Chalice of the Void
//Spells: 10
4 Force of Will
3 Eliminate
3 Day's Undoing
//Creatures: 22
4 Kitesail Freebooter
1 Dire Fleet Poisoner
1 Fathom Fleet Captain
4 Hullbreacher
3 Forerunner of the Coalition
2 Corsair Captain
2 Opposition Agent
1 Brazen Borrower
4 Hostage Taker
//Sideboard: 15
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Plague Engineer
1 Eliminate
1 Chains of Mephistopheles
1 Wheel and Deal
1 Brazen Borrower
2 Force of Negation
2 Sorcerous Spyglass
Maindeck FoW seems good overall and helps negate the drawback of passing the turn after Day's Undoing.
Forerunner seems like good tech to improve consistency, by finding Hullbreacher when you need it or finding one of the toolbox popeyes other times. Otherwise the deck has no card selection and is the victim of random variance.
I think maindeck 4x Chains seems weak. Instead of milling them or using Chains as a backup, you can just tutor for Hullbreacher. I kept 1 Chains + 1 Wheel in the SB for the matchups where the combo is very good, but other times those cards just seem like liabilities.
I changed up some of the toolbox popeyes but feel free to switch back. Dire Fleet Poisoner with flash+deathtouch can trade with a lot of nasty things, especially when you give the Menace Captain deathtouch and kill 2 things. Departed Deckhand just seemed mediocre. There are other ways to get evasion.
Ruin Raider's life loss seems pretty bad in a Stompy deck, which tends to have a higher curve. Especially after boarding in Forces. Bob decks usually have a lot of 1s.
Last edited by FTW; 12-17-2020 at 07:01 PM.
Monoblue opens up a better Popeye Stompy because you can just play Narset, Parter of Veils and LED+Echo.
//Lands: 19
4 Ancient Tomb
2 City of Traitors
3 Cavern of Souls
4 Seat of the Synod
6 Snow-Covered Island
//Artifacts: 14
4 Lotus Petal
3 Mox Opal
3 Lion's Eye Diamond
4 Chalice of the Void
//Planeswalkers: 6
2 Narset, Parter of Veils
4 Karn, the Great Creator
//Spells: 4
4 Echo of Eons
//Pirates: 17
3 Warkite Marauder
3 Daring Saboteur
4 Hullbreacher
3 Corsair Captain
1 Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
2 Merchant Raiders
1 Amphin Mutineer
//Sideboard: 15
1 Mycosynth Lattice
1 Liquimetal Coating
1 Lion's Eye Diamond
1 Ensnaring Bridge
1 Sorcerous Spyglass
1 Tormod's Crypt
4 Force of Will
1 Amphin Mutineer
2 Azure Fleet Admiral
2 Brazen Borrower
Some good popeyes were just printed!
Daring Saboteur kills PWs, loots, and gets Echo in the graveyard without LED.
Edit: Ghost of Ramirez DePietro is trash, nevermind. Misread the card.
Malcolm flies and makes treasures.
Merchant Raiders and Amphin Mutineer play board control
Admiral draws cards, while the Monarch drawback is offset by Narset and Hullbreacher
I watched it. Congratulations!
I would probably do some tweaks though. Azure fleet admiral instead of Ruin raider, even it costs one mana more it is a blue card, one more toughness and you are sure to draw a card at the end step and without losing life. It can backfire, but captain is good to take monarchy back if survives. Also I think Force of will are quite good main, cutting black cards like Plague engineer from main.
Last edited by drekonja; 12-17-2020 at 04:36 PM.
mom protecc
and she also attacc
but most importantly she 1cc
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