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Conqueror's Galleon // Conqueror's Foothold

Conqueror's Galleon

When Conqueror's Galleon attacks, exile it at end of combat, then return it to the battlefield transformed under your control.
Crew 4 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 4 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)

Conqueror's Foothold

(Transforms from Conqueror's Galleon.)
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.
{4}, {T}: Draw a card.
{6}, {T}: Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.

Island

Swamp

Mountain

A lonely sentinel facing gales, hurricanes, and tides of homicidal spirits.

Desolate Lighthouse

{T}: Add {C}.
{1}{U}{R}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.

"Welcome aboard, mate! You're going to need this."

Deadeye Quartermaster

When Deadeye Quartermaster enters, you may search your library for an Equipment or Vehicle card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Pirate

Fathom Fleet Captain

"Join me, and take the world for yourself!"

Menace
Whenever Fathom Fleet Captain attacks, if you control another nontoken Pirate, you may pay {2}. If you do, create a 2/2 black Pirate creature token with menace.

Hostage Taker

When Hostage Taker enters, exile another target creature or artifact until Hostage Taker leaves the battlefield. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell.

He's the calm that hides the coming storm.

Siren Stormtamer

Flying
{U}, Sacrifice Siren Stormtamer: Counter target spell or ability that targets you or a creature you control.

Dreamcaller Siren

Flash
Flying
Dreamcaller Siren can block only creatures with flying.
When Dreamcaller Siren enters, if you control another Pirate, tap up to two target nonland permanents.

Dire Fleet Daredevil

First strike
When Dire Fleet Daredevil enters, exile target instant or sorcery card from an opponent's graveyard. You may cast it this turn, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell. If that spell would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.

Kitesail Freebooter

Flying
When Kitesail Freebooter enters, target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. Exile that card until Kitesail Freebooter leaves the battlefield.

"Only one thing beats the freedom of the sea: the freedom of the sky."

Storm Fleet Aerialist

Flying
Raid — Storm Fleet Aerialist enters with a +1/+1 counter on it if you attacked this turn.

Ruin Raider

Raid — At the beginning of your end step, if you attacked this turn, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to the card's mana value.

March of the Drowned

Choose one —
• Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
• Return two target Pirate cards from your graveyard to your hand.

Kari Zev's Expertise

Gain control of target creature or Vehicle until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn.
You may cast a spell with mana value 2 or less from your hand without paying its mana cost.

When Captain Thorn adds a new ship to his fleet, he gives the crew a simple choice: follow me, or fall in the sea.

Walk the Plank

Dire Fleet Poisoner

Flash
Deathtouch
When Dire Fleet Poisoner enters, target attacking Pirate you control gets +1/+1 and gains deathtouch until end of turn.

"Why perch in the crow's nest when I can fly like the crows?"

Kitesail Corsair

Kitesail Corsair has flying as long as it's attacking.

A pirate ship in battle is a storm of activity.

Lightning-Rig Crew

{T}: Lightning-Rig Crew deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Whenever you cast a Pirate spell, untap Lightning-Rig Crew.

Her song plucks the strings of the storm, shifting wind and storm into a harmony that will carry her ship to safety.

Lookout's Dispersal

This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control a Pirate.
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {4}.

Marauding Looter

Raid — At the beginning of your end step, if you attacked this turn, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Treasure

Prosperous Pirates

The floating city of High and Dry hasn't yet sunk under the weight of gold, but it's not for want of trying.

When Prosperous Pirates enters, create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Ruthless Knave

{2}{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")
Sacrifice three Treasures: Draw a card.

Siren Reaver

Raid — This spell costs {1} less to cast if you attacked this turn.
Flying

Warkite Marauder

Flying
Whenever Warkite Marauder attacks, target creature defending player controls loses all abilities and has base power and toughness 0/1 until end of turn.

"Currents are currents, whether in sea or sky."

Wind Strider

Pirate's Pillage

Goblins can carry their body weight in loot.

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Pirate's Prize

Draw two cards. Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

"It was a bad evening for you, mate. Now it's chow time for the sharks."

Fathom Fleet Cutthroat

When Fathom Fleet Cutthroat enters, destroy target creature an opponent controls that was dealt damage this turn.

Sailor of Means

The rising tide of Orazca's plunder lifted all ships.

When Sailor of Means enters, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Pirate's Cutlass

When Pirate's Cutlass enters, attach it to target Pirate you control.
Equipped creature gets +2/+1.
Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

"My 'condition' is a trial. The weak are consumed by it. The strong transcend it."
—Sorin Markov

Mark of the Vampire

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has lifelink.

One was spared to tell the gruesome tale.

Raiders' Wake

Whenever an opponent discards a card, that player loses 2 life.
Raid — At the beginning of your end step, if you attacked this turn, target opponent discards a card.

Hornswoggle

Being a merciful pirate, she saved the vampire's gold from falling overboard.

Counter target creature spell. You create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Contract Killing

For a price, the floating city of High and Dry offers all the amenities a pirate could want: rest, recreation, and revenge.

Destroy target creature. Create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

It wasn't long before the taverns of High and Dry were full of whispers about the new captain who could turn a person to stone with a glance.

Vraska's Contempt

Exile target creature or planeswalker. You gain 2 life.

Brass's Bounty

"Why squabble for trinkets when we could be living large off all this gold?"
—Admiral Beckett Brass

For each land you control, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Tempest Caller

When Tempest Caller enters, tap all creatures target opponent controls.

Orcs are happiest under captains who steer toward battle. Orcs of the Dire Fleet are downright jovial.

Dire Fleet Captain

Whenever Dire Fleet Captain attacks, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each other attacking Pirate.

Fell Flagship

Pirates you control get +1/+0.
Whenever Fell Flagship deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card.
Crew 3 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 3 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)

Deception and misdirection are the heart of the pirate's arsenal.

Siren's Ruse

Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. If a Pirate was exiled this way, draw a card.

Daring Saboteur

{2}{U}: Daring Saboteur can't be blocked this turn.
Whenever Daring Saboteur deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Deadeye Plunderers

"Keep your friends close and your enemies within range."

Deadeye Plunderers gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control.
{2}{U}{B}: Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

City officials once sent twenty gleaming automatons to exterminate a nest of gremlins. They soon saw the error of their ways.

Ruinous Gremlin

{2}{R}, Sacrifice Ruinous Gremlin: Destroy target artifact.

Successful battles start with knowing who's worth fighting.

Exclusion Mage

When Exclusion Mage enters, return target creature an opponent controls to its owner's hand.

Captain Lannery Storm

Haste
Whenever Captain Lannery Storm attacks, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")
Whenever you sacrifice a Treasure, Captain Lannery Storm gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

"The time of condemnation is at hand. Dusk washes over the world, and I consign you to eternal darkness!"

Moment of Craving

Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. You gain 2 life.

Wanted Scoundrels

When Wanted Scoundrels dies, target opponent creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Marauder's Axe

Equipped creature gets +2/+0.
Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

"I'm not saying I'm sure it's a trap. I'm just saying it wasn't there yesterday and I'm pretty sure I heard it whisper my name. If you're so curious, you touch it."
—Angus, survivor scout

Sol Ring

"The only action worth taking is one with an unknown outcome."

Nivix Guildmage

{1}{U}{R}: Draw a card, then discard a card.
{2}{U}{R}: Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy.

"Innistrad's ghoulcallers are talented enough, but let me show you what someone with real power can create."
—Liliana Vess

Gravecrawler

Gravecrawler can't block.
You may cast Gravecrawler from your graveyard as long as you control a Zombie.

Pitiless Plunderer

"Shame to let good gold go to the grave."

Whenever another creature you control dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Eldrazi Scion

Sifter of Skulls

Devoid (This card has no color.)
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, create a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token. It has "Sacrifice this creature: Add {C}." ({C} represents colorless mana.)

"It has been my experience that disasters like to strike in pairs."

Dualcaster Mage

Flash
When Dualcaster Mage enters, copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Deadeye Navigator

Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.)
As long as Deadeye Navigator is paired with another creature, each of those creatures has "{1}{U}: Exile this creature, then return it to the battlefield under your control."

Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

Flying
Whenever one or more Pirates you control deal damage to your opponents, you create a Treasure token for each opponent dealt damage. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

When a strong mind moves, form and energy shift to heed it.

Freed from the Real

Enchant creature
{U}: Tap enchanted creature.
{U}: Untap enchanted creature.

Crab Umbra

Enchant creature
{2}{U}: Untap enchanted creature.
Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

"Art is never finished. Merely abandoned."

Rootha, Mercurial Artist

{2}, Return Rootha, Mercurial Artist to its owner's hand: Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy.

The model incorporated the fifth sun effortlessly, as if it had always known.

Vedalken Orrery

You may cast spells as though they had flash.

Emry, Lurker of the Loch

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.
When Emry, Lurker of the Loch enters, mill four cards.
{T}: Choose target artifact card in your graveyard. You may cast that card this turn. (You still pay its costs. Timing rules still apply.)

Accurate information is a precious commodity in times of war.

Mirran Spy

Flying
Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you may untap target creature.

"It's a beautiful vision. Discarded debris is reborn as a singular entity."
—Urabrask the Hidden

Rusted Slasher

Sacrifice an artifact: Regenerate Rusted Slasher.

"Charge like a red-hot cannonball straight to your target. You slow down, you sink."
—Captain Lannery Storm

Storm Fleet Sprinter

Haste
Storm Fleet Sprinter can't be blocked.

"Any ship that sails on these mean seas for long is bound to pick up a ghost or two."
—Admiral Beckett Brass

Spectral Sailor

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Flying
{3}{U}: Draw a card.

Each spindrell is the lingering consciousness of a survivor consumed by cellarspawn—a ragged, drifting remnant pulsing with constant psychic agony.

Withering Torment

Destroy target creature or enchantment. You lose 2 life.

Breeches, Brazen Plunderer

Menace
Whenever one or more Pirates you control deal damage to your opponents, exile the top card of each of those opponents' libraries. You may play those cards this turn, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast those spells.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Zara, Renegade Recruiter

Flying
Whenever Zara, Renegade Recruiter attacks, look at defending player's hand. You may put a creature card from it onto the battlefield under your control tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control. Return that creature to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.

"Choose, vampire: our hat on your head, or no hat, no head."

Coercive Recruiter

Whenever Coercive Recruiter or another Pirate you control enters, gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. Until end of turn, it gains haste and becomes a Pirate in addition to its other types.

Ramirez DePietro, Pillager

When Ramirez DePietro, Pillager enters, you lose 2 life and create two Treasure tokens.
Whenever one or more Pirates you control deal combat damage to a player, exile the top card of that player's library. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled.

Brazen Boarding

Admiral Beckett Brass

"You and your ship will make a fine addition to my fleet."

Other Pirates you control get +1/+1.
At the beginning of your end step, gain control of target nonland permanent controlled by a player who was dealt combat damage by three or more Pirates this turn.

She's got a heart of gold, a nose for danger, and jaws that can pulverize a cellarspawn with a single snap.

Kona, Rescue Beastie

Survival — At the beginning of your second main phase, if Kona, Rescue Beastie is tapped, you may put a permanent card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Gonti, Canny Acquisitor

Spells you cast but don't own cost {1} less to cast.
Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, look at the top card of that player's library, then exile it face down. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell.

Brago, King Eternal

Flying
Whenever Brago, King Eternal deals combat damage to a player, exile any number of target nonland permanents you control, then return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control.

Poison Counter

Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa

Flying, vigilance, toxic 2
Corrupted — At the beginning of your end step, each opponent who has three or more poison counters exiles the top card of their library face down. You may look at and play those cards for as long as they remain exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast those spells.

Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow

Commander ninjutsu {U}{B} ({U}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand or the command zone tapped and attacking.)
Whenever a Ninja you control deals combat damage to a player, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. Each opponent loses life equal to that card's mana value.

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