Mary Read and Anne Bonny

Mary Read and Anne Bonny is a scrappy Pirate captain that turns your discard pile into treasure. The core idea is to build a deck full of Islands, Pirates, and Vehicles—cards you don't mind pitching—then use Mary's tap ability to churn through your deck while generating Treasure tokens. Every discard triggers treasures, which ramp you into bigger plays and fuel your payoffs. You're looking at a mid-game strategy where you're constantly cycling resources, building mana, and pivoting into finishers. The haste is bonus—it means Mary can start tapping and drawing immediately.

You win by either swinging with a horde of Pirates (maybe with anthems like Fearless Filibuster or Besmirch), sacrificing Treasures and creatures into payoff outlets like Zulaport Cutthroat, or assembling Vehicle combos with enough tokens to crew and attack. The deck thrives on tension: discard the right cards, generate value, and watch your mana pool grow while your opponents scramble. It's a deckbuilding puzzle where every card slot matters—you want cheap Pirates and Islands to cycle through quickly, not dead weight.

Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.