Develop Pirates and cheap artifacts, accumulating counters while flyers and tempo effects keep attacks open.
Develop Pirates and cheap artifacts, accumulating counters while flyers and tempo effects keep attacks open.
Commit when useful cards in both colors keep arriving and the support for this plan is present.
Four checks while you draft
Can this deck affect the board before its payoff arrives?
Keep early creatures and interaction while assembling the specific support below.
Do I have enough cards that make this interaction happen?
Siren’s Map enters as an artifact and triggers Captain Storm, which can place its counter on Siren or another Pirate.
Can I break a board stall without drawing one particular rare?
Develop Pirates and cheap artifacts, accumulating counters while flyers and tempo effects keep attacks open.
Choose the missing job before another reward that needs it.
You have the payoff but too few ways to activate it.
Look for Spyglass Siren.
Siren’s Map enters as an artifact and triggers Captain Storm, which can place its counter on Siren or another Pirate.
Your synergy is already working but you keep falling behind.
Take an early play or answer before another expensive reward.
Captain Storm’s counter needs a Pirate target. Keep enough Pirates rather than drafting artifacts with no creatures to reward.
The support is missing
Favor castable creatures and interaction if narrow support does not arrive.
Repeated useful cards are clues, not proof that the colors are open.
Captain Storm’s counter needs a Pirate target. Keep enough Pirates rather than drafting artifacts with no creatures to reward.
Spyglass Siren64.6% GIH · 15,675 instances
Zoetic Glyph64.6% GIH · 17,936 instances
Staunch Crewmate61.6% GIH · 20,076 instances
Captain Storm, Cosmium Raider61.4% GIH · 29,627 instances
Geological Appraiser61.3% GIH · 12,305 instances
Lodestone Needle60.4% GIH · 15,851 instances17Lands ↗ · Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023 · at least 100 card-in-hand instances in this pair’s no-splash decks. Choose the job your deck needs first.
Kitesail Larcenist 2UTurns troublesome permanents into Treasures, but they revert if Larcenist leaves. Save protection or follow-up pressure to exploit the window.
Bonehoard Dracosaur 3RRAn evasive threat that supplies extra cards and material each upkeep. Keep early defense and enough red sources for double red.
Breeches, Eager Pillager 2RAttack with Pirates to gain Treasure, remove a blocker or use an extra card. Each mode is available once per turn, so several Pirates unlock more choices.
Magmatic Galleon 3RRRemoval and a large Vehicle in one card. Keep creatures available to crew it; the damage trigger happens even before it becomes a creature.17Lands Premier Draft ↗ · Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023 · 100-instance minimum
Goblin Tomb RaiderA cheap attacker that becomes more threatening with an artifact already in play.
Cogwork WrestlerFlash and the temporary power reduction can improve a block; the artifact body remains useful afterward.
Examples apply the printed rules; judge the board, costs and timing.
| One-pick | Sealed |
|---|---|
| Three Draft Boosters per player; one card per pick. Premier statistics are recorded Arena games, not a prediction for your table. | Start from the cards you opened. Favor a complete curve, interaction and castable threats over forcing the draft theme. |
