Art by Borja Pindado
Pirates · Commander / EDH
Pirate Commander Decks
Treasure tokens and combat damage triggers. Pirates are a tempo deck in a format with no tempo, so the good builds lean on the treasure half and use the bodies as a delivery mechanism.
170legal pirates
29can lead a deck
38cards that name pirates
$0.22median card price
Ready-built list
Pirate Treasure — Plunder and Sacrifice
Aggressive Pirate tribal strategy that swings with evasive Pirates to create Treasure tokens on combat damage, then converts those Treasures into massive ping damage and win conditions by sacrificing them.
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Commanders that care about pirates
Legendary pirates whose rules text actually names the creature type — these reward building around the tribe, rather than just belonging to it. Ordered by current market price, which is the closest thing to a popularity signal we can honestly compute.
Art by Josu Hernaiz
Art by Wangjie Li
Art by Daarken
Art by Eric Deschamps
Art by Tiffany Turrill
Throne of the Grim Captain // The Grim Captain
Legendary Artifact // Legendary Creature — Skeleton Spirit Pirate
Build with AI →Art by Jason Rainville
Art by Jason Rainville
Art by Rudy Siswanto
The pirate support package
Cards that are not pirates themselves but name them in their rules text — the lords, anthems, tutors and payoffs that turn a pile of creatures into a deck. 38 of them are legal in Commander.
Where pirates live
Color identity of every legal pirate in the format. This is what decides your commander's colors before you pick a single card.
Under a dollar
Playable pirates currently under $1 — the cheap end of the pool, priced from the least expensive real printing.
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