Pirate Gang-up /w Patches

Hey all,

This started as a bit of a fun deck, and has been tweaked and I’ve been toying around with it at around rank 10 (playing casually)

I had some success using the pirate miracle deck posted on the main page with the great playguide. I decided to use the base of that deck and take out the “miracle” parts and add some more “Pirate” parts. It’s been a blast to play…

Here are the cool interactions:

– Patches the Pirate and Gang Up. This is the little combo that really makes this deck unique. It is also what makes cards like Southsea Captain and Skycap'n Kragg playable. Ideal first 3 turns goes like this…. t1: Swashburglar or Small-Time Buccaneer in to Patches the Pirate. t2: Gang Up on patches. t3: Southsea Captain and you are swinging for crap ton! with a very full board of angry Pirates. Skycap'n Kragg can also follow this mix for very cheap. This is ideal, but not uncommon or undoable. At the very least your opponent is on their heels from the start

Otherwise, the deck follows a general rogue package of tools to keep your tempo…Backstab Counterfeit Coin Preparation Cold Blood Eviscerate Sap Bloodmage Thalnos SI:7 Agent Edwin VanCleef

Other card choices:

– Shady Dealer is in because of the extra pirate presence and the hefty body

– Argent Horserider is in as a better version of Southsea Deckhand. We don’t need the extra pirate body (with four 1-drops), and the divine shield works better with Cold Blood, getting potentially longer value

– Lotus Assassin can help get the board back after a board clear and also be a great target for lethal with some Cold Blood

–Leeroy Jenkins is an obvious finisher and works great with Cold Blood and Eviscerate to really push for lethal (just as in the miracle pirate archetype.

With all the testing I’ve done, the only flex card spot is Bloodmage Thalnos and maybe a single copy of Sap . We don;t have much spell dmg that goes face, so he can be swapped out depending on your meta (perhaps acidic swamp ooze).  Sap could become conceal, but usually that’s a dead card and you’re not worried about spot removal as much as AoE anyways. 

Thanks for reading!

Suggestions and comments always welcome!