"Pauper Kings: Pirates on a Train"

"Pauper Kings: Pirates on a Train"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

So I got to asking myself how cool it would be if a Pirate raiding party would get their hands on a vehicle and just run amok on Ixalan. Well I got my wish and it might seem that the Kaladesh vehicles would be out of place in Ixalan but since my common pirates do not have access to common ships at the moment I have decided that they could at least get to ride on this sweet common rides.

Again this would be a monoblack deck that focuses on the awesome concept of pirates riding a vehicle for a joy and probably running over a dinosaur or vampire or merfolk or two.So let us look at the deck that I would like to call "Pirates on a train."

22 x Swamps

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22 Lands

4 x Desperate Castaways

4 x Direfleet Hoarder

4 x Deadeye Tormentor

4 x Eager Construct

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16 creatures

4 x Mobile Garrison 

4 x Renegade Freighter

2 x Sky Skiff

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10 Vehicles

3 x Metalspinner's Puzzleknot

3 x Vanquish the Weak

3 x Costly Plunder

3 x Contract Killing

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12 Other spells

It seems that when it comes to mass transit systems Kaladesh has gotten Ixalan beat and I would want to cram in as many pirates as possible on a Mobile Garrison or a Renegade Freighter.

All of the vehicles here have very low crewing costs of 2 or 1(for the Sky Skiff). And the pirates that we have along with Robodog Eager Construct is eager to try their hands on these contraptions. All pirates have a power of 2/2 which is perfect.

Desperate Castaways seems like the grumblers in this bunch will not be grumbling anymore and can attack because there are more artifacts than they could count here negating their particular drawback. 

There is card draw in Metalspinner's Puzzleknot and Costly Plunder as well as 6 removal spells that will come in handy in a world such as Ixalan that is teeming with oversiezed critters that want to chomp you up.

I mean when you think about it Ixalan and these vehicles can be a Jurassic park themed placed. The Renegade Freighter brings in the tourists while the Sky skiff and Mobile Garrison are a great way of moving around to enjoy these views.

And you can also use them to attack. So why not right? Excited to try Pirates on a train? This ought to be good.